stressful

Etymology

From stress + -ful.

adj

  1. Irritating; causing stress.
    I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change. 1970, Richard Nelson Bolles, What Color Is Your Parachute?

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