Definition for Overstrain:

• To strain one's self to excess.

Synonyms for Overstrain:

• n.

  •breaking point (noun)
  • tension.
  •overextend (noun)
  • overextend.
  •phenomenon (noun)
  • overstrain.

• v.

  •tire (verb)
  • drop,
  • annoy,
  • fold,
  • wear,
  • enervate,
  • pall,
  • collapse,
  • overburden,
  • disgust,
  • sink,
  • wear out,
  • irk,
  • drain,
  • sicken,
  • burn out,
  • jade,
  • dishearten,
  • faint,
  • flag,
  • weaken,
  • overwork,
  • sap,
  • wilt,
  • dispirit,
  • wear down,
  • deject,
  • distress,
  • peter out,
  • depress,
  • poop out,
  • worry,
  • irritate,
  • exasperate,
  • harass,
  • yawn,
  • tax,
  • bush,
  • ennui,
  • crawl,
  • bore,
  • vex,
  • prostrate,
  • pain,
  • debilitate,
  • fail,
  • fatigue,
  • nauseate,
  • droop,
  • displease.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • breaking point,
  • sprain,
  • strain,
  • overextension,
  • overextensions,
  • snapping point,
  • spreading too thin.
  •v.
  • extend.
  •Other relevant words:
  • bushing,
  • fag,
  • fagged,
  • give out,
  • overburdened,
  • overtax,
  • put to sleep,
  • tire,
  • Fagging,
  • Overstrained,
  • Overstraining,
  • puts to sleep,
  • putting to sleep,
  • FAGS,
  • overtaxed,
  • overstrains,
  • overtaxing,
  • over-burden,
  • over-wrought,
  • ennuied,
  • go stale,
  • grew weary,
  • grow weary,
  • overtaxes.

Antonyms for Overstrain:

• v.

  • tire
    assist, aid, encourage, fire up, calm, refresh, excite, activate, assuage, help, rise, invigorate, increase, make happy, mend, energize, soothe, delight, strengthen, cheer, build, comfort, cure, please.

Overstrain Sentence Examples:

• I so mortified my dear friend Anna Swanwick last year by my sudden retreat from the overstrain of her house, that I did not dare to repeat the trial this year; indeed, I should deeply alarm my wife by attempting it, and, alas!

• The overstrain, the constant worry with luggage and so on, and perhaps the farewell drinking parties in Moscow, had brought on spitting of blood in the mornings, which induced something like depression, arousing gloomy thoughts, but towards the end of the journey it has left off; now I haven't even a cough.

Hyponym for Overstrain:

• n.

  • phenomenon
    strain.