overstressing
Putting too much weight
Overstressing means placing too much emphasis or strain on something.
You can overstress a point by repeating it until listeners tune out, or overstress a muscle by pushing beyond its limits.
In engineering, overstressing a material means loading it past safe tolerances: The beam failed from overstressing.
The word works for both physical strain and rhetorical excess.
Excessive importance placed
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- belaboringOverworking a point
- harpingRepeating a grievance persistently
- dwellingPlace of residence
fixating · overcommunicating · redundancy · repetition · hammering · dramatizing · magnifying · inflating
Persistent apprehensive distress
- worryTroubled mental state
- tensionStretched or strained state
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
overwhelm · panic · agitation · hypervigilance · apprehension · unease · dread · restlessness
State of utter depletion
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- overexertionHarmful excess of effort
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
tiredness · weariness · overtraining · soreness · breakdown · collapse · depletion · overuse
Excessive stretching force
- deformationChange in shape
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- fractureSplit in hard material
- failureLack of success
rupture · cracking · warping · bending · overload · yield · buckling · creep
Burden beyond capacity
- saturationState of complete permeation
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
strain · capacity · burden · excess · gridlock · backlog · crashing · breakdown
overemphasis
Excessive importance placed
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- belaboringOverworking a point
- harpingRepeating a grievance persistently
dwelling · fixating · overcommunicating · redundancy · repetition · hammering · dramatizing · magnifying · inflating · amplifying
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- worryTroubled mental state
- tensionStretched or strained state
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
burnout · overwhelm · panic · agitation · hypervigilance · apprehension · unease · dread · restlessness · edginess
exhaustion
State of utter depletion
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- overexertionHarmful excess of effort
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
burnout · tiredness · weariness · overtraining · soreness · breakdown · collapse · depletion · overuse · tendinitis
strain
Excessive stretching force
- deformationChange in shape
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- fractureSplit in hard material
failure · rupture · cracking · warping · bending · overload · yield · buckling · creep · load-bearing
overload
Burden beyond capacity
- saturationState of complete permeation
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
bottleneck · strain · capacity · burden · excess · gridlock · backlog · crashing · breakdown · bandwidth
overstressingunderemphasizing
Giving too little stress
downplaying · underplaying · minimizing · de-emphasizing · glossing over
overstressingrelaxing
Becoming less tense
taking it easy · unwinding · destressing · decompressing · chilling out
stress, distress, stressed, distressed, stressful, distressing, stressing, overstress, distresses