Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stressaholic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stres-sa-holic
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who lives a very stressful life and has trouble relaxing.

Informal

Example Sentences

"We must fight the stressaholic burnout syndrome together."
"Invented in Australia, the Vibrosaun — a sauna/vibrator/sound system —can relax even the hardcore stressaholic."
"I am a recovered stressaholic and can testify to the addictive nature of stress."
"The stressaholic [is a workaholic] in that they possess all of the same compulsive behaviors with the exception being they have unwittingly set into motion the release of dangerously high levels of hormones associated with the "fight or flight" response"."

Etymology

From stress + -aholic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: stress

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

stressaholics (plural)

Questions

What does stressaholic mean?: One who lives a very stressful life and has trouble relaxing.
Where does stressaholic come from?: From stress + -aholic.

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