de-stress

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Definitions of de-stress word

verb de-stress If you de-stress or if something de-stresses you, you do something that helps you to relax. 3
verb de-stress to become or cause to become less stressed or anxious 3
noun de-stress importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth. 1
noun de-stress Phonetics. emphasis in the form of prominent relative loudness of a syllable or a word as a result of special effort in utterance. 1
noun de-stress Prosody. accent or emphasis on syllables in a metrical pattern; beat. 1
noun de-stress emphasis in melody, rhythm, etc.; beat. 1

before 1275

One of the 13% oldest English words

1275-1325; (noun) Middle English stresse, aphetic variant of distresse distress; (v.) derivative of the noun

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