Mention
Mention verb - To make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically.
Stress and mention are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stress" instead a verb "Mention".
Nearby Words: mentioned, mentioning
How words are described
| sheer | sheer mention | sheer stress |
| constant | constant mention | constant stress |
| big | big mention | big stress |
| little | little mention | little stress |
| Other adjectives: repeated, major, less, extra, significant, recent. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Similarly, Benjamin's passwords, English and Japanese, stress his connection to the US (no mention of his Japanese name "Zash") and how unknown he is.
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Dana Scully from The X-Files smokes exactly once in the entire series out of stress while she is by herself in a hotel room, but does not mention it to anyone or even make note of it onscreen.
Source: Random Smoking Scene -
Not to mention Harry and his post-traumatic stress disorder after what happened in the graveyard.
Cite this Source
Stress and Mention. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mention/stress
Mention & Stress. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/mention/stress>.
Stress or Mention. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mention/stress.
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