| Stressful (a.) Having much stress. Thesaurus Entries adverse, antagonistic, conflicting, contrary, counter, counteractive, detrimental, difficult, draining, exhausting, fatiguesome, fatiguing, grueling, hard, harmful, hostile, in opposition, inimical, killing, miserable, not easy, opposed, opposing, opposite, punishing, rigorous, sinister, straining, tiresome, tiring, toilsome, troublesome, troublous, trying, unfavorable, untoward, weariful, wearing, wearisome, wearying, wretched |