Synonyms for stressful
stress·ful

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1. nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, tryingadjective

   extremely irritating to the nerves

   "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

   Synonyms:
   nerve-racking, trying, nerve-wracking

   Antonyms:
   agreeable

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1. List of paraphrases for "stressful":

   stress, nerve-wracking, stress-related, distressing

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1. Thomas Plante:

   As the saying goes, what goes around comes around. We live in remarkably stressful and rather apocalyptic times where stress-related difficulties create a tsunami of mental health challenges, when we are kind to others they typically are kind back to us, a positive boomerang effect, that then can lower stress, anxiety, depression, for all of us.

2. Amanda Scarpinati:

   Maybe put aside the hard work and the times it was so stressful and think about this. This is the best part.

3. Alejandro Mayorkas:

   It is a stressful challenge. That's why, quite frankly, we're working as hard as we are, not only in addressing the urgency of the challenge but also in building the capacity to manage it.

4. Dave Long:

   The last nine months have been the most stressful time of most people's lives, people need exercise and wellness more than ever.

5. Rebel Wilson:

   I went from this girl who has just worked her absolute ass off to get where she was to just being torn down in a second, in a 24-hour period, it’s very, very stressful when you become in the center of a scandal. And it was so salacious. People were like, ‘She’s fabricating her own life to make it.’.