Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stressor

/stɹˈɛsɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: stres-sor
IPA: /stɹˈɛsɚ/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.

Example Sentences

"These children are constitutionally sad. Other children, like Luke, develop depressive feelings out of the blue or in response to some mild stressor."
"These paradoxical pleasures […] are acquired by controlling one's exposure to the stressor in gradually increasing doses."
"Plenty of people see hosting a large group as a stressor."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin distringōder. Old French destrecierbor. Middle English destresse English stress English -or English stressor From stress + -or.

Inflected Forms

stressors (plural)

Derived Forms

antistressor immunostressor macrostressor microstressor multistressor nonstressor osmostressor psychostressor technostressor

Rhymes With

professor lesser successor compressor dresser aggressor suppressor assessor presser oppressor messer possessor

Questions

How do you pronounce stressor?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɹˈɛsɚ/.
What does stressor mean?: An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.
Where does stressor come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin distringōder. Old French destrecierbor. Middle English destresse English stress English -or English stressor From stress + -or.

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