stressful
/ˈstresfl/adjective
उच्चारण स्ट्रेस्फ़ल
तनावपूर्ण
Core wordPYP · asked 2 times
Asked in previous papers
as antonym
- 1
causing a lot of anxiety and worry
तनावपूर्ण
- a stressful exam season
- Moving to a new city can be stressful for young children.
- Preparing for three papers in a week was a stressful time for everyone.
+ 2 more examples
- Her job as an air traffic controller is extremely stressful.
- Is travelling by road during the festival season more stressful than going by train?
Synonyms demanding taxing tense nerve-racking worrying
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
stressful + noun (attributive)
Stressful describes a situation, job or period that causes anxiety, never the person who feels it.
'Stressful' उस स्थिति, नौकरी या समय का वर्णन करता है जो चिंता पैदा करता है, उस व्यक्ति का नहीं जो चिंता महसूस करता है।
- Exam week can be a stressful time.
- She left her stressful job in the bank.
it is stressful + to-infinitive / for sb
Use it is stressful to do sth, or stressful for sb, to say who or what is affected.
किसी पर पड़ने वाले प्रभाव को बताने के लिए 'it is stressful to do sth' या 'stressful for sb' का प्रयोग होता है।
- It is stressful to travel in rush-hour traffic.
- The move was stressful for the children.
stressful vs stressed
Stressful describes the cause; stressed describes the person who feels the pressure.
'Stressful' कारण का वर्णन करता है; 'stressed' उस व्यक्ति का जो दबाव महसूस करता है।
- The interview was stressful, so I felt stressed.
stressful + comparative / adverb
It is gradable: very, extremely, less and more stressful all work.
यह gradable है: very, extremely, less और more stressful सभी चलते हैं।
- Online tests are less stressful than long written ones.
+Collocations 4
stressful + noun
jobsituationlifedayexperience
- A doctor's day can be very stressful.
adverb + stressful
extremelyhighlylessparticularlyemotionally
- Moving to a new city is particularly stressful.
verb + stressful
find sthproveseemmake sthbe
- Many students find the last month stressful.
stressful + period
weekmonthtimephaseseason
- The board exam season is a stressful phase.
“More examples 5
- Radhika found her first day at the bank stressful.
राधिका को बैंक में अपना पहला दिन तनावपूर्ण लगा।
- Long working hours make the job more stressful.
लंबे कार्य-घंटे नौकरी को और अधिक तनावपूर्ण बना देते हैं।
- Walking by the river after school helps after a stressful day.
तनावपूर्ण दिन के बाद स्कूल से लौटकर नदी किनारे टहलना राहत देता है।
- Waiting for the result was the most stressful part.
परिणाम की प्रतीक्षा करना सबसे तनावपूर्ण हिस्सा था।
- Regular breaks make self-study less stressful.
नियमित विश्राम स्वाध्याय को कम तनावपूर्ण बनाते हैं।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ I am very stressful because of the exam.
✓ I am very stressed because of the exam.
A person who feels pressure is stressed; stressful describes the cause.
दबाव महसूस करने वाला व्यक्ति 'stressed' होता है; 'stressful' कारण का वर्णन करता है।
✗ The exam was very stressed.
✓ The exam was very stressful.
The exam causes the stress, so the adjective is stressful.
परीक्षा तनाव पैदा करती है, इसलिए विशेषण 'stressful' है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These adjectives describe things that cause worry, but at different strengths.
ये विशेषण चिंता पैदा करने वाली बातों का वर्णन करते हैं, पर अलग-अलग तीव्रता से।
Full of nervous waiting, often at one moment.
घबराहट-भरी प्रतीक्षा से भरा, प्रायः किसी क्षण में।
- A tense final over.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
stress·ful
?Which word?
Keep the worrying words together: stressful, nerve-racking (making you very nervous), taxing (needing a lot of effort), harrowing (very upsetting), hectic (very busy).
चिंता के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: stressful, nerve-racking (बहुत घबराहट वाला), taxing (बहुत प्रयास चाहने वाला), harrowing (बहुत दुखदायी), hectic (बहुत व्यस्त)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
A stressful job, stressful situation, stress-free.
Stressful के ये प्रयोग याद रखें: a stressful job (तनावपूर्ण नौकरी), a stressful situation (तनाव भरी स्थिति), और stress-free (तनावमुक्त)। Stressful का मतलब है ऐसी चीज़ जो तनाव पैदा करे।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Exam tip: a regular routine and enough sleep reduce exam stress.
परीक्षा युक्ति: नियमित दिनचर्या और पर्याप्त नींद परीक्षा का तनाव कम करती है।