Synonyms:
stress, emphasis, accent
Meaning: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
Synonyms:
tension, tenseness, stress
Meaning: (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
Synonyms:
stress, focus
Meaning: special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
Synonyms:
stress, strain
Meaning: difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson
Synonyms:
stress
Meaning: (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
Meaning: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
Synonyms:
stress, accent, accentuate
Meaning: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
Usage examples
There was a stress on the word "to-night," and Hamish marked it.
Why are you free from it under the stress of unusual excitement?
"Perhaps we may," said the doctor, throwing considerable stress upon the words.
You ought to do it, you ought to!" Alyosha concluded, laying immense stress on the word "ought."
"I must bear it, if you let it in." (Laying the palest shadow of a stress upon the second word.)
The dark hurry and tumult, the stress and vehemence of the battle rushed in and overwhelmed them.
At all times she was highly tragic, devoured by remorse. Lightness of stress or behavior was far from her.
For stubborn matter turned docile before the stress of this returning life, taught somewhere to be plastic.
Then he pressed Judar to his bosom and kissed him on the right cheek and the left, saying, "Allah save thee from all stress!
He met Hortense and Carolyn--with due stress laid on their respective patronymics--and he made an early acquaintance with Amy's violin.