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stressed

 adjective
     
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stressed
1 [not before noun] also stressed out informal so worried and tired that you cannot relax:
I always eat when I'm feeling stressed.
2 technicalTEM an object, especially a metal object, that is stressed has had a lot of pressure or force put on it
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