STRESS
STRESS
Entry: distress
Function: verb
Definition: upset
Synonyms: afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, bother, break, bug, burn up, depress, desolate, discombobulate, disquiet, disturb, dog, eat, get, get to, grieve, harass, harry, hound, hurt, injure, irk, irritate, miff, nag, needle, nitpick, oppress, pain, peeve, perplex, pester, pick on, plague, push, push buttons, rack, sadden, strain, strap, stress, tick off, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, weigh, worry, wound
Antonyms: comfort, console, soothe, relieve, calm, aid, help
Concept: bother/trouble action
Entry: stress
Function: noun
Definition: emphasis
Synonyms: accent, accentuation, beat, force, import, importance, significance, urgency, weight
Concept: importance
Entry: stress
Function: noun
Definition: pressure
Synonyms: affliction, agony, alarm, albatross, anxiety, apprehensiveness, burden, clutch, crunch, disquiet, disquietude, distention, draw, dread, expectancy, extension, fear, fearfulness, ferment, flutter, force, hardship, hassle, heat, impatience, intensity, misgiving, mistrust, nervous tension, nervousness, oppression, overextension, passion, protraction, pull, restlessness, spring, strain, stretch, tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity, tightness, traction, trauma, trepidation, trial, urgency, worry
Concept: situation (bad)
Entry: stress
Function: verb
Definition: emphasize
Synonyms: accent, accentuate, belabor, dwell on, feature, harp on, headline, italicize, limelight, make emphatic, play up, point up, repeat, rub in, spot, spotlight, underline, underscore
Concept: importance
Entry: accent
Function: noun
Definition: importance
Synonyms: emphasis, significance, stress, weight
Concept: importance
Entry: accent
Function: verb
Definition: emphasize
Synonyms: accentuate, emphasize, highlight, intensify, stress, underline, underscore
Antonyms: downplay, ignore, hide, attenuate, de-emphasize, lessen, minimize, slight
Concept: manifestation/exhibition
Entry: alarm
Function: noun
Definition: upset
Synonyms: anxiety, apprehension, cold feet, consternation, dismay, distress, dread, fear, fright, horror, nervousness, panic, scare, strain, stress, tension, terror, trepidation, unease, uneasiness
Antonyms: calm, nonchalance, reassurance, assurance, composure
Concept: fear
Entry: assert
Function: verb
Definition: insist
Synonyms: advance, affirm, allege, argue, asservate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, butt in, cite, claim, contend, declare, defend, horn in, justify, maintain, mouth off, pop off, predicate, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put forward, say, state, stress, swear, uphold, vindicate, warrant
Antonyms: deny, controvert, reject
Concept: assertion
Entry: brunt
Function: noun
Definition: bad result
Synonyms: burden, force, impact, pressure, shock, strain, stress, tension, thrust, violence
Concept: situation (bad)
Entry: care
Function: noun
Definition: concern
Synonyms: affliction, aggravation, alarm, anguish, anguish, annoyance, anxiety, apprehension, bother, burden, chagrin, charge, consternation, discomposure, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturbance, encumbrance, exasperation, fear, foreboding, fretfulness, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, incubus, load, misgiving, nuisance, onus, oppression, perplexity, pressure, responsibility, solicitude, sorrow, stew, strain, stress, stress, sweat, tribulation, trouble, uneasiness, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry
Concept: bother/trouble entity
ACCENTUATE
Entry: accent
Function: verb
Definition: emphasize
Synonyms: accentuate, emphasize, highlight, intensify, stress, underline, underscore
Antonyms: downplay, ignore, hide, attenuate, de-emphasize, lessen, minimize, slight
Concept: manifestation/exhibition
Entry: emphasize
Function: verb
Definition: stress
Synonyms: accent, accentuate, affirm, articulate, assert, bear down, charge, dramatize, dwell on, enlarge, enunciate, headline, highlight, hit, impress, indicate, insist on, italicize, limelight, maintain, make clear, make emphatic, mark, pinpoint, play up, point out, point up, press, prioritize, pronounce, punctuate, reiterate, repeat, rub in, spot, spotlight, underline, underscore, weight
Antonyms: downplay, play down, soften, ignore, understate, shrug off, de-emphasize
Concept: importance
Entry: feature
Function: verb
Definition: stress
Synonyms: accentuate, advertize, blaze, emphasize, give prominence, headline, italicize, make conspicuous, mark, play up, point up, present, promote, set off, spotlight, star, underline, underscore
Antonyms: disregard, ignore, miss
Concept: informing
Entry: intensify
Function: verb
Definition: exaggerate
Synonyms: accent, accentuate, add fuel, add to, aggrandize, aggravate, augment, beef up, boost, brighten, build up, concentrate, darken, deepen, emphasize, enhance, escalate, exacerbate, exalt, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up, increase, intensate, jazz up, lighten, magnify, point, quicken, raise, redouble, reinforce, rise, rouse, set off, sharpen, soup up, spike, step up, strengthen, stress, tone up, whet
Concept: intensity
Entry: overplay
Function: verb
Definition: dramatize
Synonyms: accent, accentuate, dramatize, exaggerate, hyperbolize, labor at, magnify, maximize, mug, overact, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overstate, overstress, overuse, overwork, point up, show off, stretch
Concept: fooling
Function: verb
Definition: emphasize
Synonyms: accentuate, feature, highlight, italicize, magnify, point up, stress, underline, underscore
Concept: assertion
Entry: punctuate
Function: verb
Definition: divide
Synonyms: accent, accentuate, break, divide, emphasize, interject, interrupt, intersect, intersperse, mark, pepper, point, point up, separate, sprinkle, stress, stress, underline
Concept: writing
Entry: spotlight
Function: verb
Definition: focus
Synonyms: accentuate, draw attention, feature, floodlight, give prominence, highlight, illuminate, limelight, point up, publicize
Concept: importance
Entry: stress
Function: verb
Definition: emphasize
Synonyms: accent, accentuate, belabor, dwell on, feature, harp on, headline, italicize, limelight, make emphatic, play up, point up, repeat, rub in, spot, spotlight, underline, underscore
Concept: importance
Entry: underline
Function: verb
Definition: emphasize
Synonyms: accentuate, bracket, caption, check off, feature, give emphasis, highlight, indicate, interlineate, italicize, mark, play up, point to, point up, rule, stress, underscore
Concept: symbol/notation