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Kooyeen Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Stressing

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00I know there's the adjective "stressful", but can it be used to refer to people? What about "stressing" (provided it's ok)? How should I use them? I'll give you some examples:02br
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01b00Talking with you can be very stressful / stressing.02br
00When you are in a bed mood you are so stressful / stressing.02br
00I had to clean all those room everyday, and it was so stressful / stressing.02b02br
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00I'm afraid I have to use some other words instead, like trying and tiring.02br
00Thanks. 050010id1
  

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02br 00 "Stressing" I have generally met in the sense: "He wrote to me, stressing his position in the matter". 0-

— Feebs11

  • 02br 00 "Stressing" I have generally met in the sense: "He wrote to me, stressing his position in the matter".
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0 In all of these I would use "stressful".02br
00 "Stressing" I have generally met in the sense: "He wrote to me, stressing his position in the matter". 0-
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0People can be "stressed" or "stressed-out"02br
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00She was 01u00stressed-out02u00 after taking care of her sick father.02br
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00It was a 01u00stress02u00 getting her to comb her hair. 02br
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01u00Stress02u00 on the job is a real problem in policework. 02br
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1b00When you are in a bed mood you are so stressful.02b02br
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00This one seems a little odd to me. We usually refer to a situtaion or an event as stressful, not a person . (Although I don't know why, if the person causes stress to other people. Maybe it's because of the ambiguity -- you don't know if the person is causing stress, or is literally "full of
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0 Ok, I see I should give a good kick to "stressing" and not use "stressful" for people. Thanks!02br
00By the way, I meant "bad mood", "bed" was a typo, so no bed mood, no ****** and stuff. 050010id2
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0Just one more comment (ignoring the typo 05000)02br
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01i00Stressing out02i00 is actually a pretty common thing to say, shortened to just stressing. 02br
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00For example, your boss may say "Are you stressing over this? Don't be. We have plenty of time to get it done."02br
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00But if you say "You are s
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0Yeah, thanks. I was using "stressing" the wrong way. I'd better change it to something like "You always stress me out". 050010id1
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1b00When you are in a bad mood you are so stressful (to be around).02b02br
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01b00When you are in a bad mood you are so stressful (to yourself that you hurt yourself.)02b0-
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