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Adjective

Suffering from a high level of fear or stress

Consumed by stress, typically from work, demands or pressure

Having (been) worked to the point of fatigue, exhaustion, or great stress

Feeling irritable, bad-tempered, or grumpy

Looking tense, tired or stressed, typically from cold or hunger

Physically unyielding, taut or stiff

To have made a claim

Past tense for to emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of

Past tense for to cause mental or emotional strain or tension in

(usually of an object) Past tense for to physically strain, or to apply force as to cause strain

(of speech) Past tense for to vocally place emphasis on specific words or syllables

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Adjective

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Suffering from a high level of fear or stress

pressurised^UK

pressurized^US

in a state of agitation

like a cat on a hot tin roof

like a cat on hot bricks

having butterflies in the stomach

with one's stomach in knots

waiting for the axe to fall

with your heart in your mouth

waiting with bated breath

like a fish out of water

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

shaking in one's shoes

tearing one's hair out

having a funny feeling

at the end of your tether

frightened out of your wits

horror-stricken

scared out of your wits

paralysed with fear^UK

terrorized^US

terrorised^UK

paralyzed with fear^US

lacking social skills

in fear and trepidation

very scared

pushing the panic button

lacking self-confidence

thrown

low

doddery

lacking in confidence

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“She still was feeling stressed about swimming, and was beginning to realize that she might not want to compete anymore.”

Adjective

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Consumed by stress, typically from work, demands or pressure

with your back to the wall

at the end of your tether

pressurized^US

pressurised^UK

with one's back up against the wall

hot and bothered

at the end of one's rope

between a rock and a hard place

in dire straits

time-poor

hard at it

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Adjective

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Having (been) worked to the point of fatigue, exhaustion, or great stress

Adjective

Feeling irritable, bad-tempered, or grumpy

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

as cross as two sticks

having got out of bed the wrong side

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having a fit of the sulks

humourless^UK

humorless^US

have chip on shoulder

sombre^UK

somber^US

with all guns blazing

beside yourself with rage

apt to fly off the handle

got up on wrong side of bed

having a chip on one's shoulder

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

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Adjective

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Looking tense, tired or stressed, typically from cold or hunger

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

not feeling up to snuff

anemic^US

off-color^US

off-colour^UK

anaemic^UK

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Adjective

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Physically unyielding, taut or stiff

Verb

To have made a claim

emphasized^US

emphasised^UK

rumored^US

rumoured^UK

verbalized^US

publicized^US

publicised^UK

verbalised^UK

vocalized^US

signalled^UK

signaled^US

vocalised^UK

spelled^US

summarized^US

brought into the open

summarised^UK

lipped

gave away

premised

shouted from the rooftops

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Verb

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Past tense for to emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of

“I think it is really important to stress that everyone has the right to speak out and take action.”

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Past tense for to cause mental or emotional strain or tension in

“The impending deadline is beginning to stress me significantly.”

Verb

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(usually of an object) Past tense for to physically strain, or to apply force as to cause strain

“Heavily fatigued muscles may eventually stress the bone structure and cause a fracture.”

Verb

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(of speech) Past tense for to vocally place emphasis on specific words or syllables

emphasised^UK

emphasized^US

“My son tends to stress capitalized words with inflections.”

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