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Adjective
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Causing mental or emotional stress
hard
trying
demanding
draining
exhausting
taxing
tense
tough
traumatic
wearing
worrying
anxious
arduous
challenging
difficult
exacting
grim
harsh
onerous
rough
severe
brutal
enervating
excruciating
fraught
frustrating
gruelingUS
gruellingUK
oppressive
pressured
rugged
testing
troublesome
vexing
agitating
bothersome
burdensome
exasperating
grievous
harrowing
hectic
hellish
irksome
punishing
sapping
strenuous
tedious
tiring
toilsome
wearisome
cruel
crushing
heavy
laborious
rigorous
sticky
vexatious
weighty
nerve-racking
anxiety-ridden
back-breaking
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“The last year has been particularly stressful for Jack after he was made redundant from his job.”
Adjective
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Upsetting, or causing anxiety, sorrow or pain
distressing
sad
grievous
painful
heartbreaking
harrowing
dreadful
woeful
upsetting
tragic
lamentable
unfortunate
agonisingUK
agonizingUS
deplorable
disturbing
regrettable
distressful
difficult
pitiful
traumatic
heartrending
shocking
worrying
poignant
disquieting
tormenting
hurtful
saddening
affecting
unlucky
alarming
unsettling
frightening
afflicting
tragical
afflictive
concerning
fearful
haunting
nagging
confronting
heart-rending
gut-wrenching
nerve-racking
heart-breaking
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Adjective
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Operating with high pressures, such as several times atmospheric pressure but relative
high-pressure
aggressive
compelling
forceful
pushy
bludgeoning
high-powered
insistent
intensive
persistent
persuasive
coercive
importunate
in-your-face
ambitious
assertive
enterprising
fierce
go-getting
militant
pressurisingUK
pressurizingUS
pushing
self-asserting
self-assertive
demanding
difficult
intense
pressured
pushful
relentless
strenuous
thrusting
not taking no for an answer
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Adjective
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Showing or feeling insecurity or uncertainty
on edge
anxious
edgy
nervous
tense
uneasy
troubled
worried
antsy
jumpy
jittery
nervy
perturbed
upset
uptight
insecure
unquiet
queasy
queazy
restless
agitated
hinky
aflutter
fidgety
dithery
goosey
atwitter
unsettled
restive
hung up
twitchy
ill at ease
keyed up
wired
apprehensive
unstable
excitable
neurotic
unnerved
highly strung
hysterical
sensitive
brittle
skittish
beside oneself
excited
feeling anxious
high-strung
hyper
in suspense
nail-biting
nerve-racking
nervous wreck
overanxious
wound up
het up
bundle of nerves
in a tizzy
nerves on edge
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Adjective
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Potentially violent or dangerous, especially of a situation
explosive
dangerous
hazardous
charged
tense
overwrought
perilous
unstable
volatile
critical
inflammable
serious
ugly
worrying
anxious
delicate
knife-edge
sensitive
strained
touch-and-go
combustible
dicey
highly charged
iffy
nasty
nerve-racking
unsafe
volcanic
fraught
uneasy
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