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stressed
01
feeling so anxious that makes one unable to relax
02
suffering severe physical strain or distress
03
(phonetics) referring to the emphasis or prominence placed on a particular syllable or segment in a word or utterance
Example
The constant deadlines made her feel stressed and overwhelmed.
A light syllable typically follows a stressed syllable in many English words.
Stressed speech can help listeners distinguish between words with similar sounds in a sentence.
In spoken language, unstressed syllables can be pronounced more quickly than stressed syllables.
The teacher asked the students to mark the stressed syllables in the given words.
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