You queried:

" pressure "

Results retrieved for:

\ ˈpre-shər \

Your query is not considered offensive by any official sources.

( some results may take a moment to update )

(10) - Merriam-Webster Dictionary

+ ♪ (1)

(9) - Noun entries...

+ ♪ (1)

(3) - { pressure:1 } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

+ ♪

[Noun] | "pres*sure" | \ ˈpre-shər \

1: the burden of physical or mental distress

2: the constraint of circumstance : the weight of social or economic imposition

3: the application of force to something by something else in direct contact with it : compression

Origin: 14th century ;

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin pressura, from Latin, action of pressing, pressure, from pressus, past participle of premere;

(1) - { pressure cabin } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "pressure cabin"

1: a pressurized cabin

Origin: 1935 ;

(2) - { pressure cooker } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "pressure cooker"

1: an airtight utensil for quick cooking or preserving of foods by means of high-temperature steam under pressure

2: a situation or environment that is fraught with emotional or social pressures

Origin: 1915 ;

(1) - { pressure gauge } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "pressure gauge"

1: a gauge for indicating fluid pressure

Origin: 1862 ;

(1) - { pressure group } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "pressure group"

1: an interest group organized to influence public and especially government policy but not to elect candidates to office

Origin: 1924 ;

(3) - { pressure point } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "pressure point"

1: an area on the body sensitive to pressure: such as

2: a discrete point on the body that when pressed causes pain

3: a point on the body to which pressure is applied (as in acupressure or reflexology) for therapeutic purposes

Origin: 1882 ;

(1) - { pressure suit } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "pressure suit"

1: an inflatable suit for high-altitude or space flight to protect the body from low pressure

Origin: 1936 ;

(1) - { pressure wave } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "pressure wave"

1: a wave (such as a sound wave) in which the propagated disturbance is a variation of pressure in a material medium —called also P-wave

Origin: 1942 ;

(1) - { barometric pressure } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "barometric pressure"

1: the pressure of the atmosphere usually expressed in terms of the height of a column of mercury

Origin: 1804 ;

(1) - Verb entries...

(3) - { pressure:2 } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "pressure"

1: to apply pressure to

2: pressurize

3: to cook in a pressure cooker

Origin: 1938 ;

(10) - Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

(3) - Noun entries...

(2) - { pressure } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "pressure"

1: the burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time;

* e.g., " ... a business executive who works well under pressure "

Synonyms :
strain,
stress,
tension

Antonyms :
(N/A)

2: the use of power to impose one's will on another;

* e.g., " ... pressure from their peers can often cause teens to do things that they normally wouldn't consider "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(1) - { pressure group } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "pressure group"

1: a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote;

* e.g., " ... observed that if publishers gave in to every pressure group, nothing would ever get published "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(1) - { pressure groups } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Noun] | "pressure groups"

1: a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote;

* e.g., " ... observed that if publishers gave in to every pressure group, nothing would ever get published "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(6) - Verb entries...

(1) - { pressure } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "pressure"

1: to cause (a person) to give in to pressure;

* e.g., " ... his father pressured him to go out for the swim team "

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(1) - { pressure-cooked } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "pressure-cooked"

1: as in steamed, smothered;

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(1) - { pressure-cooks } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "pressure-cooks"

1: as in steams, smothers;

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(1) - { pressure-cook } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "pressure-cook"

1: as in steam, smother;

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(1) - { pressure-cooking } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "pressure-cooking"

1: as in steaming, smothering;

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(2) - { high-pressure } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Verb] | "high-pressure"

1: as in distribute, market;

2: as in threaten, blackmail;

Antonyms :
(N/A)

(1) - Adjective entries...

(1) - { high-pressure } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Adjective] | "high-pressure"

1: having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal;

* e.g., " ... a high-pressure salesman who wouldn't take no for an answer "

(10) - Urban Dictionary

... may be offensive!

# 1 - { pressure:13248336 }