Stress
Sway
Sway verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.
Usage example: how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, “Please take me home with you?”
Stress and sway are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Stress" instead the word "Sway" as a noun or a verb.
How words are described
| emotional | emotional stress | emotional sway |
| considerable | considerable stress | considerable sway |
| heavy | heavy stress | heavy sway |
| massive | massive stress | massive sway |
| Other adjectives: great, enormous, little, major, mental, less, additional, significant, greater. | ||
Common collocations
| way | stress way | sway way |
Cite this Source
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