Eustress

/juːˈstɹɛs/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A healthful, stimulating kind and level of stress. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To cause eustress for someone.

Etymology

From eu- + stress, coined by contrast with distress, as if interpreting the latter as dys- + stress.

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