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# stressed

adjective (stressed, more stressed); verb form (past of stress: stress, stresses, stressed, stressing)

«stressed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Stressed means feeling worried, tense and under pressure, like before a big test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#m1)
2. A stressed part of a word is the syllable said more strongly, like PEN in «pencil». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#m2)
3. If someone stressed something, they said it was very important. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#m3)
4. Stressed can mean a material is under force or pressure, like a stressed beam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#m4)

### In the lessons

In feelings and wellbeing lessons, children learn what being stressed feels like (tummy ache, tight chest, short temper, trouble sleeping) and ways to cope: talking to someone, breathing slowly, moving, breaking work into small steps. In phonics and reading, stressed syllables help you say words right. Phrases: «stressed out», «feel stressed», «stressed about», «stressed the importance of».

### Examples

- I felt stressed before my spelling test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#x1)
- Mum gets stressed when we are late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#x2)
- Talking to a friend helps when you're stressed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#x3)
- Dad was stressed out about the move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#x4)
- In «banana», the middle syllable is stressed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#x5)
- The teacher stressed that we must not run near the pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#x6)
- Our cat gets stressed during fireworks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#x7)
- If you feel stressed, tell a grown-up you trust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#x8)

### Note

«Stressed» (worried) and «stressful» (causing worry: a stressful day) are different. A fun word fact: «stressed» spelled backwards is «desserts». Everyone gets stressed sometimes; it is normal, but feeling stressed all the time is worth talking about.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stressed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stressed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stressed.html) on Mova free.