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stress eating

stress eating noun: synonym of comfort eating (“the consumption of food for pleasure or self-reassurance, rather than for nutrition or to satisfy hunger.”).

Noun

stress eating (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of comfort eating (“the consumption of food for pleasure or self-reassurance, rather than for nutrition or to satisfy hunger.”).
    Synonyms:
    comfort eating

Synonyms of stress eating

Questions about stress eating

What does stress eating mean?
Stress eating means synonym of comfort eating (“the consumption of food for pleasure or self-reassurance, rather than for nutrition or to satisfy hunger.”).
What part of speech is stress eating?
Stress eating is a noun.

Words near stress eating in the dictionary

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  2. stress ball
  3. stress balls
  4. stress cardiomyopathy
  5. stress deafness
  6. stress eating
  7. stress fracture
  8. stress fractures
  9. stress function
  10. stress functions
  11. stress incontinence

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