"destressify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: destressifies [present, singular, third-person], destressifying [participle, present], destressified [participle, past], destressified [past]
Etymology: From de- + stress + -ify. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|de|stress|ify}} de- + stress + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} destressify (third-person singular simple present destressifies, present participle destressifying, simple past and past participle destressified)
  1. (intransitive) To reduce or eliminate emotional stress. Tags: colloquial, intransitive, nonce-word
    Sense id: en-destressify-en-verb-3LeGSgSD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, English terms suffixed with -ify, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. (transitive) To reduce or eliminate emotional stress from (someone or something). Tags: colloquial, nonce-word, transitive
    Sense id: en-destressify-en-verb-qMOY0nVs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, English terms suffixed with -ify, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: destressification
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