The Clue
Under stress (7 letter answer)
The Answer
HARRIED
Tags
Notes
The answer HARRIED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Beset by problems
Definition
HARRY as a verb:
1. (harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke) = annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
2. (harry, ravage) = make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
HARRIED as an adjective:
1. (annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered, vexed) = troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"