eustress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A healthful, stimulating kind and level of stress.
verb
  1. To cause eustress for someone.

Pronunciation

/juːˈstɹɛs/

Word forms

eustress eustresses eustressing eustressed

Etymology

From eu- + stress, coined by contrast with distress, as if interpreting the latter as dys- + stress.

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