adjective
suffering severe physical strain or distress
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- he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing
adjective
bearing a stress or accent
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- an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'
verb
to stress, single out as important
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- Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
verb
put stress on
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- utter with an accent
- In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word
verb
test the limits of
Synonyms
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- You are trying my patience!