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# stressed

«stressed» in Mova's school dictionary: **feeling worried, tense and under pressure, like before a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Stressed means feeling worried, tense and under pressure, like before a big test. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#m2)

3) If someone stressed something, they said it was very important. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/#m4)

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

### In the corpora

- [Calm, slow handling keeps sheep less stressed; stressed sheep scatter and can hurt themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/11/)
- [Dogs get stressed when a routine suddenly changes, for example when the holidays end.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces/14/)
- [Many places no longer give goldfish as fair prizes, because a fish in a small bag is stressed and often dies soon after.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/204-goldfish-and-pond-fish-the-three-second-memory-myth/8/)
- [Cats usually purr when content, but they can also purr when hurt or stressed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/23-understanding-cats/13/)
- [In play, a pet should catch the toy sometimes, because always losing makes animals stressed or snappy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stressed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stressed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.