Source : WordNet®

stressed
     adj 1: suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped
            out of the race, clearly distressed and having
            difficulty breathing"; "the victim was in a bad way
            and needed immediate attention" [syn: {distressed}, {in
            a bad way(p)}]
     2: bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an
        unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in
        `delay'" [ant: {unstressed}]