Stress

//stɹɛs//

Synonyms for "stress" (347 found)

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Translations

237 translations across 63 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • stres noun (emotional pressure)

Albanian

1 entries
  • stres noun (emotional pressure)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ውጥረት noun (emotional pressure)

Arabic

2 entries
  • إِجْهَاد noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • إِجْهَاد noun (emotional pressure)

Armenian

4 entries
  • սթրես noun (emotional pressure)
  • շեշտել verb (to emphasise (a syllable))
  • շեշտել verb (to emphasise (words in speaking))
  • շեշտել verb (to emphasise (a point))

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • stress noun (emotional pressure)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • баҫым noun (emotional pressure)
  • баҫым noun (on a point in an argument)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • на́ціск noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • на́ціск noun (on a point in an argument)
  • стрэс noun (emotional pressure)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • акцент noun (on a point in an argument)
  • напреже́ние noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • стрес noun (emotional pressure)
  • акцентирам verb (to emphasise (words in speaking))

Catalan

4 entries
  • estrès noun (emotional pressure)
  • tensió noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • èmfasi noun (on a point in an argument)
  • emfasitzar verb (to emphasise (a point))

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 壓力 /压力 noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • 壓力 /压力 noun (emotional pressure)

Czech

2 entries
  • stres noun (emotional pressure)
  • zdůraznit verb (to emphasise (a point))

Danish

4 entries
  • spænding noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • stress noun (emotional pressure)
  • fremhæve verb (to emphasise (a point))
  • stresse verb (to apply emotional pressure to)

Dutch

4 entries
  • spanning noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • stress noun (emotional pressure)
  • zenuwen noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • beklemtonen verb (to emphasise (a syllable))

Esperanto

4 entries
  • streso noun (emotional pressure)
  • streĉo noun (emotional pressure)
  • akcenti verb (to emphasise (a syllable))
  • akcenti verb (to emphasise (words in speaking))

Estonian

2 entries
  • stress noun (emotional pressure)
  • rõhutama verb (to emphasise (words in speaking))

Finnish

4 entries
  • jännitys noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • kuormitus noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • paine noun (emotional pressure)
  • painotus noun (on a point in an argument)

French

4 entries
  • contrainte noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • emphase noun (on a point in an argument)
  • stress noun (emotional pressure)
  • tension noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)

Galician

1 entries
  • estrés noun (emotional pressure)

Georgian

2 entries
  • სტრესი noun (emotional pressure)
  • ძაბვა noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)

German

4 entries
  • Betonung noun (on a point in an argument)
  • Spannung noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • Stress noun (emotional pressure)
  • beanspruchen verb (to apply force to, causing strain)

Greek

4 entries
  • άγχος noun (emotional pressure)
  • έμφαση noun (on a point in an argument)
  • καταπόνηση noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • στρες noun (emotional pressure)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מְצוּקָה noun (emotional pressure)

Hindi

4 entries
  • खिंचाव noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • तनाव noun (emotional pressure)
  • तान noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • बल noun (on a point in an argument)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • erő noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • nyomás noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • stressz noun (emotional pressure)
  • stresszel verb (to apply emotional pressure to)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • streita noun (emotional pressure)
  • stress noun (emotional pressure)
  • áhersla noun (on a point in an argument)

Ido

1 entries
  • acentizar verb (to emphasise (a syllable))

Indonesian

1 entries
  • stres noun (emotional pressure)

Irish

1 entries
  • béim noun (on a point in an argument)

Italian

4 entries
  • enfasi noun (on a point in an argument)
  • pressione noun (emotional pressure)
  • stress noun (emotional pressure)
  • tensione noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ストレス noun (emotional pressure)
  • 力説 noun (on a point in an argument)
  • 応力 noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • 重き noun (on a point in an argument)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • стресс noun (emotional pressure)

Korean

4 entries
  • 강조(強調 noun (on a point in an argument)
  • 변형력 noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • 스트레스 noun (emotional pressure)
  • 압력 noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • стресс noun (emotional pressure)

Latvian

4 entries
  • akcents noun (on a point in an argument)
  • spriegums noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • stress noun (emotional pressure)
  • uzsvars noun (on a point in an argument)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • stresas noun (emotional pressure)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • стрес noun (emotional pressure)

Malay

2 entries
  • tegasan noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • tekanan noun (emotional pressure)

Māori

3 entries
  • ahotea noun (emotional pressure)
  • mate tāmitanga noun (emotional pressure)
  • tāmitanga noun (emotional pressure)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • hêrsdarî noun (emotional pressure)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • stress noun (emotional pressure)

Persian

3 entries
  • استرس noun (emotional pressure)
  • فشار noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • فشار noun (emotional pressure)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Druck noun (emotional pressure)
  • Wicht (nds) noun (emotional pressure)

Polish

4 entries
  • emfaza noun (on a point in an argument)
  • nacisk noun (on a point in an argument)
  • naprężenie noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • stres noun (emotional pressure)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • estresse noun (emotional pressure)
  • stress noun (emotional pressure)
  • tensão noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • ênfase noun (on a point in an argument)

Romanian

3 entries
  • stres noun (emotional pressure)
  • tensiune noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • încordare noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)

Russian

4 entries
  • акце́нт noun (on a point in an argument)
  • давле́ние noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • давле́ние noun (emotional pressure)
  • нажи́м noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cudrom noun (on a point in an argument)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • náglasak noun (on a point in an argument)
  • pritisak noun (emotional pressure)
  • stres noun (emotional pressure)
  • на́гласак noun (on a point in an argument)

Sinhalese

2 entries
  • ආතතිය noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • ආතතිය noun (emotional pressure)

Slovak

1 entries
  • stres noun (emotional pressure)

Slovene

1 entries
  • stres noun (emotional pressure)

Spanish

4 entries
  • estrés noun (emotional pressure)
  • tensión noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • énfasis noun (on a point in an argument)
  • acentuar verb (to emphasise (a syllable))

Swedish

4 entries
  • dragspänning noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • normalspänning noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • spänning noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • stress noun (emotional pressure)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • istres noun (emotional pressure)
  • sidhi noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)

Tajik

1 entries
  • стресс noun (emotional pressure)

Tatar

1 entries
  • стресс noun (emotional pressure)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความเครียด noun (emotional pressure)

Turkish

4 entries
  • stres noun (emotional pressure)
  • sıkıntıfeşer noun (emotional pressure)
  • vurgu noun (on a point in an argument)
  • altını çizmek verb (to emphasise (words in speaking))

Turkmen

1 entries
  • stress noun (emotional pressure)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • на́голос noun (on a point in an argument)
  • на́тиск noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • стрес noun (emotional pressure)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • stress noun (emotional pressure)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • căng thẳng noun (emotional pressure)
  • xì-trét noun (emotional pressure)
  • áp lực noun ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)
  • áp lực noun (emotional pressure)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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I would like to stress that it is more convenient to control tariffs as a bloc rather than country by country.

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A closed fist can indicate stress.

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Haruyo is undoubtedly under stress during this entrance-examination season.

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If you stop and relax, this will relieve the tension and stress in your shoulders.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.