Mess and Stress

Mess

Mess noun - A state in which everything is out of order.

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Stress and mess are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stress" instead a noun "Mess".

Nearby Words: messy, messed, messing

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

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Mess and stress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mess" instead a noun "Stress".

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

emotional	emotional mess	emotional stress
massive	massive mess	massive stress
big	big mess	big stress
enormous	enormous mess	enormous stress
Other adjectives: little, major, psychological, general, resulting.

Sadist Teacher: Klaus claims that he wants to be a teacher in order to yell at students when they mess up, claiming they'd be like stress balls.

Source: Visual Novel / Shall We Date?: Wizardess Heart
Max from Guardian Ghost , who was already an anxious mess before the series started, and now has to deal with sleep deprivation and stress on top of it.

Source: Nervous Wreck
Reasonable Authority Figure: John Bosworth comes of a jerk at first but he is under a lot of stress due to the mess that Joe created.

Source: Series / Halt and Catch Fire

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