Hold and Stress

Hold

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Stress and hold are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stress" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Stress verb - To experience concern or anxiety.

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Hold and stress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Stress".

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

emotional	emotional hold	emotional stress
high	high hold	high stress
poor	poor hold	poor stress
massive	massive hold	massive stress
Other adjectives: big, little, mental, psychological, outside, additional.

Roy: I'm going to choose to attribute that comment to stress and not hold it against you in the future.

Source: Kind Restraints
For, ironically enough, the only people who can hold up indefinitely under the stress of modern war are psychotics.

Source: Insanity Immunity
A common method of showing stress is to show the character's shaking hands as they fumble to hold the light to the cigarette.

Source: Cigarette of Anxiety

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