stressed

4 definitions • 8 examples

past simple and past participle of

worried and nervous:

feel stressed She's been feeling very stressed since she started her new job.

I was really stressed out before finals.

Grandparents can often devote more time to kids than stressed parents.

worried and nervous:

The kids are sick, I just lost my baby-sitter, and our toilet doesn’t work – no wonder I feel stressed-out!

worried and unhappy because you have too much work or too many problems to deal with:

stressed (out) workers/business people/commuters

be/get/feel stressed (out) A quarter of workers interviewed said they felt 'highly stressed' at work.

more/less/very stressed I feel less stressed since I've been working just part time.

be stressed out about/by/over sth I'm really stressed out about work at the moment.