Hurt and Stress

Hurt

Hurt noun - A state of great suffering of body or mind.

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Stress and hurt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stress" instead the word "Hurt" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: hurtful, hurting

Stress noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.

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Hurt and stress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hurt" instead the word "Stress" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

emotional	emotional hurt	emotional stress
initial	initial hurt	initial stress
considerable	considerable hurt	considerable stress
hard	hard hurt	hard stress
Other adjectives: massive, serious, little, personal, major, extra, maximum.

way	hurt way	stress way
friends	hurt friends	stress friends

Mood Whip Lash: It's a proven fact that Miles getting hurt is a great way to alleviate stress from the darker moments.

Source: Webcomic / Las Lindas
Unusually for the witch hunter trope, they do not believe that all magic is black magic and stress that they must Never Hurt an Innocent.

Source: Black Magic
While the camera work went a long way to making the games that much more unsettling and the tank controls made the player character slower (increasing the player's fear and stress as it was harder to maneuver around enemies), many critics felt the tank controls hurt the games.

Source: Franchise / Silent Hill

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