The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word STRESSES which also is the latest solution we found used in CrossSynergy in 2007.
Plays up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STRESSES | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Plays up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- play up
- exaggerates
- amplifies
- play out
- increases
- play on
- performs
- portrays
- accentuates
- emphasises
- playscript
- well up
Crossword Answer definitions
STRESSES noun- (Cause of) discomfort.
- Serious danger.
- An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
- A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
- The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
- A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
- Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
- Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
- To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- To emphasise (words in speaking).
- To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
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