stressful

[ stres-fuh l ]

/ ˈstrɛs fəl /

full of stress or tension: the stressful days before a war.

Origin of stressful

First recorded in 1850–55; stress + -ful

stress·ful·ly, adverb un·stress·ful, adjective

“I mean, my life is not that stressful,” Collins said, feeling better.

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Commercial airline pilot is consistently placed near the top of “Most Stressful Jobs” lists.

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Avoid all-you-can-eat buffets and noisy, stressful environments.

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She suggests using the app right before a stressful event, but 10 minutes a day will help build more enduring positive effects.

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By studying the correlation between specific experiences and ill health, they devised a list of the 43 most stressful life events.

Psychologists View Both Divorce and Marriage as Major Life Stresses |Emma Woolf |May 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There was never another opportunity, nor did he again think of the package in the stressful hours that followed.

Mistress Wilding |Rafael Sabatini
They are ways of treating symptoms; they can help you continue to cope with stressful situations.

When You Don't Know Where to Turn |Steven J. Bartlett
And all putting in and getting nothing out results in stressful times, in business ventures as in the case of individuals.

A Maid of the Silver Sea |John Oxenham
Haynes invoked the Deity (even at that stressful moment, to his eternal credit, in French) and took his miniature driver.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Dec. 12, 1917 |Various
So the Old Man slipped back into the old channels of worry and thought, just as life itself slips back after a stressful period.

The Flying U's Last Stand |B. M. Bower