Dog
Dog verb - To go after or on the track of.
Stress
Stress verb - To experience concern or anxiety.
How words are described
| poor | poor dog | poor stress |
| massive | massive dog | massive stress |
| big | big dog | big stress |
| enormous | enormous dog | enormous stress |
| Other adjectives: wrong, little, new. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Heroes Love Dogs: The Houndmaster's dog nuzzling up to any of the heroes results in a massive stress reduction.
Source: Videogame / Darkest Dungeon -
Subverted in Paranoia Agent, where the cute cartoon dog Maromi turns out to be the villain of sorts, if he can be called that, precisely because he is cute, and people love him, causing their collective stress to turn into a blob monster that destroys Tokyo once he disappears.
Source: What Measure Is a Non-Cute? -
Despite this, he still has a tendency to act like a dog in times of stress.
Source: My Instincts Are Showing
Cite this Source
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Dog & Stress. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dog/stress>.
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