stressing
Worrying about something
Stressing is the present participle of stress.
To stress something is to emphasize it: I can't stress enough how important this is.
Stress also means to subject to pressure or strain: The long hours were stressing her out.
In phonetics, stressing a syllable means pronouncing it with greater force or emphasis.
Emphasizing particular syllables
- emphasizingGiving special importance to
- intoningUttering in measured pitch
- inflectingAltering grammatical form
- pronouncingUttering with voice
articulating · voicing · enunciating · cadence · rhythm · syllable · intonation · prosody
Anxious rumination or surface wear
- worryingAnxious mental preoccupation
- agonizingIntensely painful or distressing
- overthinkingDwelling excessively on thoughts
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
obsessing · dreading · panicking · catastrophizing · anxiousness · nervousness · apprehension · unease
Stressing for emphasis
- highlightingEmphasizing key parts
- underscoringStressing for importance
- underlingPerson of lower rank
- punctuatingAdding grammatical marks
reinforcing · amplifying · foregrounding · spotlighting · featuring · reiterating · articulating · hammering
Adding weight or cargo
- burdeningImposing a load
- taxingRequiring great effort
- overloadingExceeding safe capacity
- fatiguingCausing weariness or exhaustion
weakening · testing · pushing · stretching · wearing · overtaxing · overworking · pressuring
accenting
Emphasizing particular syllables
- emphasizingGiving special importance to
- intoningUttering in measured pitch
- inflectingAltering grammatical form
pronouncing · articulating · voicing · enunciating · cadence · rhythm · syllable · intonation · prosody · emphasis
fretting
Anxious rumination or surface wear
- worryingAnxious mental preoccupation
- agonizingIntensely painful or distressing
- overthinkingDwelling excessively on thoughts
rumination · obsessing · dreading · panicking · catastrophizing · anxiousness · nervousness · apprehension · unease · distress
accentuating
Stressing for emphasis
- highlightingEmphasizing key parts
- underscoringStressing for importance
- underlingPerson of lower rank
punctuating · reinforcing · amplifying · foregrounding · spotlighting · featuring · reiterating · articulating · hammering · driving home
loading
Adding weight or cargo
- burdeningImposing a load
- taxingRequiring great effort
- overloadingExceeding safe capacity
fatiguing · weakening · testing · pushing · stretching · wearing · overtaxing · overworking · pressuring · demanding
- highlightingemphasizing, underscoring, accenting, accentuating, spotlighting
- emphasisaccent, highlighting, underscoring, prominence, intensification
- frettingworrying, fussing, fretting, stewing, hand-wringing
- prestressed concreteprestressing, post-tensioning, pre-tensioning, tendons, strands
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
stressingrelaxing
Becoming less tense
calming · destressing · soothing · easing · unwinding
stressingunderstating
Representing as less significant
downplaying · de-emphasizing · minimizing · playing down · underplaying
stressingrelieving
Reducing discomfort or strain
relaxing · easing · destressing · unloading · decompressing
- stressing outExperiencing acute anxiety