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stressed out

stressed out is the simple past and past participle of stress out.

Adjective

stressed out (comparative more stressed out, superlative most stressed out)

  1. (informal) Very stressed psychologically or physically.
  2. Exhausted or debilitated by stress.

Meaning of stress out

Verb

stress out (third-person singular simple present stresses out, present participle stressing out, simple past and past participle stressed out)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To become stressed.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To inflict stress on someone or something.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To inflict mental, emotional, or psychological tension on (someone).
    • Will you stop worrying? You're stressing me out.

Forms of stressed out

comparativemore stressed out
superlativemost stressed out

Questions about stressed out

What does stressed out mean?
Stressed out means very stressed psychologically or physically.
What is stressed out the simple past and past participle of?
Stressed out is the simple past and past participle of stress out.
What part of speech is stressed out?
Stressed out is an adjective.

Words near stressed out in the dictionary

  1. stressbuster
  2. stressbusters
  3. stressbusting
  4. stresse
  5. stressed
  6. stressed out
  7. stressed-out
  8. stressedness
  9. stressee
  10. stressees
  11. stresser

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