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STRESSFUL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extremely irritating to the nerves
Example:
a trying day at the office
Synonyms:
nerve-racking; nerve-wracking; stressful; trying
Classified under:
Similar:
disagreeable (not to your liking)
Context examples:
Study participants were given fMRI scans while exposed to highly threatening, violent and stressful images followed by neutral, non-stressful images for six minutes each.
(Researchers identify brain circuits that help people cope with stress, NIH)
Self-enhancing humour, meanwhile, entails maintaining a humorous outlook in potentially stressful and adverse situations.
(Self-defeating humour promotes psychological well-being, University of Granada)
The fungi also can help plants recover from stressful conditions, such as periods of drought.
(Plant gene discovery could help reduce fertilizer pollution in waterways, National Science Foundation)
Baseball players also often retire from stressful throwing activities once they stop professional play.
(Physical Activity Brings Lasting Bone Benefits, NIH, US)
People with poor social support may have worse health outcomes because they have unhealthier lifestyles, are less compliant with treatment, and are more affected by stressful events.
(Loneliness Is Bad for Heart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This is important because hospitalized children experience IV insertion as a very painful and stressful event, and they can have post-traumatic stress symptoms if their pain is not adequately controlled.
(Better IV Insertion Device, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Over longer periods, these stressful conditions may result in an increase in numbers of females compared with males — more females likely means more seeds and more seedlings to fill the gap.
(Striped maple trees often change mating types, with females more likely to die, National Science Foundation)
Researchers discovered the means by which honeybees keep their temporary clumps intact during adverse weather conditions, confirming their theory about bees’ behavior under stressful conditions.
(Bees Help Researchers Confirm Theory about Maintaining Protective Clumps under Tough Conditions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Getting a diagnosis can be frustrating and stressful.
(Autoimmune Diseases, NIH)
This study demonstrates lifetime fertility reductions for baboons born during stressful conditions or to low-ranking mothers.
(Born during a drought: Bad news for baboons, NSF)
