stressy

S1T1R1E1S1S1Y4

adjective

stressful

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Meanings

adjectivestressy (comparative stressier, superlative stressiest)

comparative stressier · superlative stressiest

  1. colloquialstressful

    That was one reason the Amsterdam show was so stressy. We'd been put on notice by the Board. Their nostrils strained for even a whiff of gay porn.

    2007, Damien Wilkins, For Everyone Concerned: And Other Stories, page 28
  2. colloquialstressed; irritable

    2009, Cathy Cassidy (quoting a letter), Letters To Cathy My dad's job is under threat and he is so stressy these days it's a nightmare being anywhere near him. He yells a lot and he's so unfair!

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
irritable

Origin

From stress + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with stressy

messydesiBessieHessedressyNessieJesseeMessipressieTessy
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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