[
  {
    "word": "stress",
    "phonetic": "/st\u0279\u025bs/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/st\u0279\u025bs/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/stress-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1780408",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(Cause of) discomfort.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Serious danger.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "eustress"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by \u03c3 or \u03c4.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Some people put the stress on the first syllable of \u201ccontroversy\u201d; others put it on the second."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Emphasis placed on words in speaking.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "emphasis",
          "emphasis",
          "accent",
          "emphasis"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To emphasise (a syllable of a word).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "\u201cEmphasis\u201d is stressed on the first syllable, but \u201cemphatic\u201d is stressed on the second."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To emphasise (words in speaking).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "emphasise",
          "emphasize",
          "underline",
          "emphasise",
          "emphasize",
          "emphasise",
          "emphasize"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/distress",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stress"
    ]
  }
]