pressuresome

English

Etymology

From pressure +‎ -some.

Adjective

pressuresome (comparative more pressuresome, superlative most pressuresome)

1. (rare) Characterised or marked by pressure
   • 2006, Lyn Birkbeck, The Watkins Astrology Handbook: The Practical System of DIY Astrology:

     In effect, your duty to love is to tune in to what the relationship itself is telling you, rather than to force another into being some conventionally romantic ideal, which would only make them want to escape such a pressuresome expectation.

   • 2018, David J. Wilson, Indigenous South Americans Of The Past And Present:

     Both Mark Cohen (1977) and Marvin Harris (e.g., 1977, 1979) have argued that this is precisely the pressuresome situation within which the conditions are set for the adaptive shifts that lead to the beginnings of agriculture.

Synonyms

• high-pressure
• pressing