Pressure and Want

Pressure

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

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Want and pressure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Want" instead a noun "Pressure".

Want noun - The fact or state of being absent.

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Pressure and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pressure" instead a noun "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

popular	popular pressure	popular want
constant	constant pressure	constant want
extreme	extreme pressure	extreme want
great	great pressure	great want
Other adjectives: enormous, little, higher.

life	pressure life	want life
people	pressure people	want people
children	pressure children	want children
someone	pressure someone	want someone
Other words: time, head, anyone, women.

The homosexual character may have no attraction to the opposite sex, but they are still under tremendous pressure by a homophobic Church and relatives who want more heirs.

Source: Video Game / Crusader Kings
The United States didn't want European warships intruding into the American sphere of influence; instead, the Europeans would ask the US to send a gunboat to apply pressure on their behalf.

Source: Gunboat Diplomacy
She also doesn't let her friends pressure her into doing something she doesn't want to do.

Source: Recap / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S4 E14 "Filli Vanilli"

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