strained English

Meaning strained meaning

What does strained mean?

strained

— adjective (= labored, laboured) lacking natural ease a labored style of debating

— adjective showing signs of mental and emotional tension her voice was strained as she asked the question

— adjective (= agonistic) struggling for effect agonistic poses

— adjective (= constrained, forced) lacking spontaneity; not natural a constrained smile forced heartiness a strained smile

Synonyms strained synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as strained?

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tense

taut

forced

tight

serious

labored

stern

sprained

nervous

laboured

constrained

agonistic

sifted

pulled

farfetched

far-fetched

wired

uptight

unsmiling

unreleased

unrelaxed

unnatural

uncomfortable

twisted

tension

tensed

tense up

sullen

strict

stretched

stressful

stressed

snug

sieved

sharp

quarrelsome

narrow

jittery

intensive

intense

harsh

earnest

drawn

distressed

distorted

discomfited

deprived

critical

constricted

clarified

Topics strained topics

What do people use strained to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Worried

• What words describe someone who feels worried?
  worried anxious anxiously apprehensive bothered concerned dismayed disturbed strained troubled uneasy unsettled

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Nervous

• What words describe something that causes someone to feel nervous?
  tense strained uneasy nail biting charged nerve-racking

Social behavior Relationships Disunity

Unfriendly

• What words describe a relationship that is unfriendly?
  unfriendly cool strained frosty turn sour

Social behavior Relationships

Friend

• What words describe a friendship that has gone bad?
  broken relationship break up strained relationship misunderstanding co-dependency

Social behavior Relationships Begin a relationship

End a relationship

• What words describe a friendship that has become bad?
  broken relationship break up strained relationship misunderstanding co-dependency