PRESSURED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PRESSURED?

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Associations of "Pressured" (30 Words)

accentuate	Make more noticeable or prominent. His jacket unfortunately accentuated his paunch.
compact	Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily. Compact soil.
compactly	With concise and precise brevity; to the point. He wrote compactly but clearly.
compress	A cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever. She compressed her lips.
compressed	Reduced in volume by pressure. With lips compressed.
condense	Cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid. The moisture vapour in the air condenses into droplets of water.
constrict	Become tight or as if tight. Boas constrict and suffocate their prey.
disharmony	Lack of harmony or agreement. We will become evermore a nation of social disharmony.
emphasize	Give extra weight to (a communication. A hip length jacket which emphasized her shape.
emphatically	In a forceful way. No way he said emphatically.
exert	Have and exercise. The moon exerts a force on the Earth.
highlight	Mark with a highlighter. The issues highlighted by the report.
importance	The quality of being important and worthy of note. An issue of great importance.
imprint	A distinctive influence. Years in the colonies had left their imprint.
intension	What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression.
minimize	Represent or estimate at less than the true value or importance. The aim is to minimize costs.
overburden	Burden with too much work or responsibility. They were overburdened with luggage.
pains	An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
pressed	Compacted by ironing. Immaculately pressed trousers.
refrigerant	Any substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator. A refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide.
sift	An act of sifting something especially so as to isolate that which is most important. Sift the flour into a large bowl.
squash	Edible fruit of a squash plant eaten as a vegetable. She squashed some of her clothes inside the bag.
squeeze	Squeeze someone tightly in your arms usually with fondness. She squeezed herself into her tightest pair of jeans.
strain	Rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender. His voice was so quiet that I had to strain to hear it.
stress	The degree of stress measured in units of force per unit area. This type of workout does stress the shoulder and knee joints.
tension	Electromotive force. A mind which is affected by stress or tension cannot think as clearly.
tighten	Narrow or limit. Central government has tightened control over local authority spending.
underline	Draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to. The improvement in retail sales was underlined by these figures.
underscore	(on a computer or typewriter keyboard) a short horizontal line _ on the baseline. The company underscored the progress made with fuel cells.
wrench	Turn something especially a nut or bolt with a wrench. Wrench oneself free from somebody s grip.