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stressed |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb stress 2 of 3 senses of stress Sense 1 stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate => background, play down => bring out set off => re-emphasise, re-emphasize => bear down => point up => drive home, ram home, press home => underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise Sense 3 try strain, stress => rack Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb stress 2 of 3 senses of stress Sense 1 stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate => background, play down => wave off => soft-pedal => bring out set off => pick up => foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up => raise => re-emphasise, re-emphasize => bear down => point up => drive home, ram home, press home => underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise Sense 3 try strain, stress => rack Entailment of verb stress Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb stress 3 senses of stress Sense 1 stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate => express, show evince Sense 2 stress, accent => pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out enunciate, say Sense 3 try strain, stress => afflict Familiarity of verb stress stress used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb stress Sense 1 stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate => express, show evince -------------- Sense 2 stress, accent => pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out enunciate, say -------------- Sense 3 try strain, stress => afflict -------------- Overview of verb stress The verb stress has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (30) stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate -- (to stress, single out as important: "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet.") 2. (4) stress, accent -- (put stress on utter with an accent) 3. try strain, stress -- (test the limits of "You are trying my patience!") Overview of adj stressed The adj stressed has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) stressed, distressed, in a bad way -- (suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"; "the victim was in a bad way and needed immediate attention") 2. stressed -- (bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'") Antonyms of adj stressed 2 senses of stressed Sense 1 stressed, distressed, in a bad way(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA troubled) -> untroubled Sense 2 stressed (vs. unstressed) unstressed (vs. stressed), unaccented => feminine => short => unemphatic => unaccented, light, weak Similarity of adj stressed 2 senses of stressed Sense 1 stressed, distressed, in a bad way(prenominal) => troubled (vs. untroubled) Sense 2 stressed (vs. unstressed) => accented, heavy, strong => emphatic, emphasized, emphasised => long => masculine Attributes of adj stressed Familiarity of adj stressed stressed used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj stressed distressed stressed unstressed Overview of verb stress The verb stress has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (30) stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate -- (to stress, single out as important: "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet.") 2. (4) stress, accent -- (put stress on utter with an accent) 3. try strain, stress -- (test the limits of "You are trying my patience!") Overview of adj stressed The adj stressed has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) stressed, distressed, in a bad way -- (suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"; "the victim was in a bad way and needed immediate attention") 2. stressed -- (bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'")
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