Stressful

a.

1.

Having much stress.

Adj.

1.

stressful - extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office" Synonyms: nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, trying

adverse, antagonistic, conflicting, contrary, counter, counteractive, detrimental, difficult, draining, exhausting, fatiguesome, fatiguing, grueling, hard, harmful, hostile, in opposition, inimical, killing, miserable, not easy, opposed, opposing, opposite, punishing, rigorous, sinister, straining, tiresome, tiring, toilsome, troublesome, troublous, trying, unfavorable, untoward, weariful, wearing, wearisome, wearying, wretched