"stressy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: stressier [comparative], stressiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsi Etymology: stress + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stress|y}} stress + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} stressy (comparative stressier, superlative stressiest)
  1. (colloquial) stressful Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-stressy-en-adj-ga~Q0bLu
  2. (colloquial) stressed; irritable Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-stressy-en-adj-O3LYoDci Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 0 100

Inflected forms

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