| verb | to stress, single out as important “Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet” |
| verb | put stress on; utter with an accent “In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word” |
| verb | test the limits of “You are trying my patience!” |
| adjective | suffering severe physical strain or distress “he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing” |
| adjective | bearing a stress or accent “an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'” |
| stress | noun | special emphasis attached to something |
| emphasizing | noun | the act of giving special importance or significance to something |
| emphasis | noun | special importance or significance |
| accent | noun | special importance or significance |
| accentuation | noun | the act of giving special importance or significance to something |
| strain | noun | an intense or violent exertion |
| stressor | noun | any agent that causes stress to an organism |