eustress

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/juːˈstɹɛs/

noun

A healthful, stimulating kind and level of stress.

Opposite
distress
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Meanings

nouneustress (countable and uncountable, plural eustresses)

plural eustresses

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesA healthful, stimulating kind and level of stress.
verbeustress (third-person singular simple present eustresses, present participle eustressing, simple past and past participle eustressed)

present singular third person eustresses · participle present eustressing · participle past eustressed · past eustressed

  1. To cause eustress for someone.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
distress

Origin

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

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Translations

Hungarian eustressz
  • eustresszhealthy, decidedly positive stress
Japanese 快ストレス
  • 快ストレス (kai-sutoresu)healthy, decidedly positive stress
Spanish eustrés
  • eustréshealthy, decidedly positive stress
Cite this entry
APA

eustress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eustress

MLA

“eustress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eustress. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eustress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eustress.

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