stress
I
(accent) noun
accentuation, attention, beat, distinction, emphasis, force, import, importance, inflection, insistence, intonation, paramountcy, primacy, prominence, pronunciation, significance, superiority, tone, urgency, weight
II
(strain) noun
adversity, affliction, agony, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, burden, coercion, compulsion, cross, demand, disquiet, disquietude, distention, dread, duress, exertion, exigency, extension, fear, tearfulness, ferment, fluster, force, fright, load, misgiving, momentum, need, nervousness, overexertion, pinch, pondus, pressure, pull, stretch, tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity, tightness, traction, trepidation, trial, urgency
III
index
aggravation (annoyance), argue, assert, certify (attest), compulsion (coercion), contend (maintain), duress, dwell (linger over), emphasis, enunciate, force (compulsion), inflection, insist, plead (allege in a legal action), pressure (noun), pressure (verb), pronounce (speak), reaffirm, remind, work (effort)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006