Similar Words

— affected
— awkward
— stirring
— storming
— strain
— strainer
— strand
— stranded
— strange
— strangely
— stranger
— strangle
— straying
— streamer
— streamlet
— streamline
— string
— stringency
— stringent
— stringy
— strong
— strumpet
— tense
— unnatural

Misspelling

sstrained, straained, straiined, straimed, straine, strainedd, straineed, strainned, stranied, strianed, strrained, sttrained, trained, tsrained, ztrained

Strained — synonyms, strained antonyms, definition

1. strained (a)

41 synonym

agitated arduous artificial awkward clarified close contrived difficult distilled distorted effortful exaggerated excited extravagant far-fetched fast firm forced highly-strung improbable • • •

2. strained (Adjective)

2 synonyms

agonistic constrained

4 definitions

strained (Adjective) — Lacking natural ease. ex. "a strained style of debating"

strained (Adjective) — Showing signs of mental and emotional tension. ex. "her voice was strained as she asked the question"

strained (Adjective) — Lacking spontaneity; not natural. ex. "a strained smile"

strained (Adjective) — Struggling for effect. ex. "strained poses"

3. strained (Verb)

15 synonyms

deformed extended filtered filtered out filtrated pureed reached separated out sieved sifted stressed strove tensed tensed up tried

1 antonym

unstrained

9 definitions

strained (Verb) — To exert much effort or energy. ex. "straining our ears to hear"

strained (Verb) — Test the limits of. ex. "You are straining my patience!"

strained (Verb) — Use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity. ex. "Don't strain your mind too much"

strained (Verb) — Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements. ex. "strain the flour"

strained (Verb) — Cause to be tense and uneasy, nervous or anxious.

strained (Verb) — Become stretched, tense or taut. ex. "the rope strained when the weight was attached"

strained (Verb) — Remove by passing through a filter. ex. "strain out the impurities"

strained (Verb) — (cooking) rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender. ex. "strain the vegetables for the baby"

strained (Verb) — Alter the shape of (something) by stress.

18 types of

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21 type

bothered extended extended oneself fanned inconvenienced oneself jaundiced killed oneself overexerted oneself overextended overstrained racked resifted riced riddled screened stretched tasked taxed troubled troubled oneself • • •