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- [presh-er]
- /ˈprɛʃ ər/
- /ˈpreʃ.ər/
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- [presh-er]
- /ˈprɛʃ ər/
Definitions of pressured word
- noun pressured the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall. 1
- noun pressured Physics. force per unit area. Symbol: P. Compare stress (def 6). 1
- noun pressured Meteorology. atmospheric pressure. 1
- noun pressured Electricity. electromotive force. 1
- noun pressured the state of being pressed or compressed. 1
- noun pressured harassment; oppression: the pressures of daily life. 1
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Origin of pressured
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English (noun) < Latin pressūra. See press1, -ure
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Parts of speech for Pressured
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pressured popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
pressured usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pressured
adv pressured
- at gunpoint — If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.
adj pressured
- hard pressed — heavily burdened or oppressed, as by overwork or financial difficulties; harried; put-upon.
- hard-pressed — heavily burdened or oppressed, as by overwork or financial difficulties; harried; put-upon.
- harried — to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
verb pressured
- chivvied — Simple past tense and past participle of chivvy.
- concussed — If someone is concussed, they lose consciousness or feel sick or confused because they have been hit hard on the head.
- dragooned — Simple past tense and past participle of dragoon.
- egged — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- goosed — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
adjective pressured
- harassed — stressed, tormented
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