stressed
adj 1: suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped
out of the race, clearly distressed and having
difficulty breathing"; "the victim was in a bad way
and needed immediate attention" [syn: distressed, in
a bad way(p)]
2: bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an
unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in
`delay'" [ant: unstressed]