STRESSED

• (adj.) bearing a stress or accent

  "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"

  synonyms : accented

• (adj.) suffering severe physical strain or distress

  "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"

  synonyms : distressed

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