What is another word for strained?
405 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ stɹˈe͡ɪnd], [ stɹˈeɪnd], [ s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n_d], [ ˌʌnɪnhˈɪba͡ɪtɪdnəs], [ ˌʌnɪnhˈɪbaɪtɪdnəs], [ ˌʌ_n_ɪ_n_h_ˈɪ_b_aɪ_t_ɪ_d_n_ə_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for strained:- forced, pretended (adjective)
- forced (noun)
- strained (noun)
- other synonyms
- nectar
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Definition for Strained:
- Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends.
Synonyms for Strained:
adj.
•forced, pretended (adjective)n.
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- insincere,
- studied,
- artificial.
Other synonyms:
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- troubling.
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- heavily,
- jerky,
- strange,
- stinging,
- claustrophobic.
- inimical,
- afflict,
- burdened,
- mock,
- distant,
- branded,
- go over,
- framed,
- changed,
- Reached,
- handed,
- Punctuated,
- on tenterhooks,
- distressed,
- chilly,
- cool,
- Channelled,
- Examined,
- on edge,
- injured,
- accomplished,
- pinched,
- elongated,
- pressure,
- Assayed,
- foreboding,
- stiffener,
- unexpected,
- connotation,
- expanded,
- buggered,
- Sifted,
- misrepresented,
- masquerade,
- onerous,
- get tired,
- incompatible,
- spend,
- endeavoured,
- zealous,
- wear out,
- cooked,
- Pooped,
- fractured,
- uneven,
- go through,
- intension,
- Judged,
- hefty,
- Palestric,
- subjugated,
- biased,
- disconnected,
- backbreaking,
- bothered,
- trying,
- interpreted,
- weakened,
- inhospitable,
- sluggish,
- dubious,
- preposterous,
- Carolled,
- Carried,
- distorted,
- arduous,
- crinkled,
- facade,
- coloured,
- permeated,
- nerve-racking,
- purified,
- hard to believe,
- pained,
- hard-fought,
- tested,
- Spurted,
- emphasized,
- listless,
- grieve,
- unharmonious,
- overwrought,
- high-strung,
- typed,
- Filtered,
- gruelling,
- exhausted,
- deceit,
- Struggled,
- traumatic,
- pretended,
- lined,
- unbelievable,
- furrowed,
- punishing,
- unpleasant,
- Performed,
- improbable,
- hard-earned,
- Essayed,
- attempted,
- straining,
- pressed,
- beat,
- lengthened,
- cricked,
- painful,
- weary,
- affectation,
- lethargic,
- Provided,
- biassed,
- disfigured,
- rhymed,
- pretense,
- garbled,
- Percolated,
- roll by,
- Unamiable,
- formed,
- constrict,
- nervousness,
- funded,
- remote,
- covered,
- colored,
- tautness,
- reduced,
- tainted,
- Passed,
- distressing,
- cracked,
- stressed,
- distressful,
- broke,
- feigned,
- Prolongated,
- measured,
- secure,
- attained,
- Operose,
- Gained,
- fasten,
- questionable,
- blow over,
- fantastic,
- patterned,
- drained,
- agitated,
- burdensome,
- fretful,
- contoured,
- pulled,
- uncordial,
- bushed,
- tension,
- wound up,
- heavy,
- unfolded,
- ponderous,
- Fleshed,
- weak,
- gymnastic,
- tortured,
- shocked,
- plastic,
- contrite,
- rigid,
- focused,
- nerve-wracking,
- toilsome,
- Filtrated,
- Rendered,
- stretch,
- wrinkled,
- upsetting,
- Inventoried,
- jiggered,
- Contrasted,
- reduce,
- stretched out,
- oppressive,
- extended,
- apart,
- squeeze,
- perverted,
- strain,
- Toiled,
- Boded,
- perturbed,
- unrealistic,
- anxious,
- go beyond,
- styled,
- Doctored,
- tuned,
- incredible,
- misquoted,
- doubtful,
- hard,
- fidgety,
- accented,
- Wrenched,
- dead,
- stored,
- feint,
- wasted,
- solicitous,
- stilted,
- tenseness,
- stemmed,
- prolonged,
- breezed,
- unconvincing,
- dead-beat,
- utilise,
- deception,
- sieved,
- misgiving,
- ungenial,
- icy,
- noted,
- stress,
- simulation,
- called,
- unfriendly,
- put in,
- warm,
- protracted,
- Cabled,
- aired,
- tried,
- cold,
- Disaccordant,
- stiffen,
- chill,
- haggard,
- Galloped,
- call in,
- twisted,
- tighten,
- obligate,
- jumpy,
- Falsified,
- sounded,
- compress,
- disturbed,
- troubled,
- fraught,
- blighted,
- apprehensive,
- upset,
- humbled,
- blooded,
- stretched,
- violated,
- crushing,
- herculean,
- Coursed,
- frosty,
- unsociable,
- run,
- combative,
- sampled,
- broken,
- Dribbled,
- fearful,
- Channeled,
- phased,
- in a stew,
- Accentuated,
- dragged out,
- wearied,
- fatigued,
- figured,
- pipelined,
- enervated,
- spurious,
- Broadened,
- concerned,
- obscure,
- worked up,
- seamed,
- slanted,
- all in,
- Offered,
- emphasised,
- Exerted,
- mannered,
- Themed,
- overtired,
- Screened,
- knackered,
- implausible,
- tough,
- recondite,
- factitious,
- languorous,
- disunited,
- knocked out,
- graded,
- pureed,
- contorted,
- rough,
- calculated,
- Sundered,
- Adjudicated,
- bogus,
- veined,
- switch over,
- strung up,
- strenuous,
- elaborate,
- Raced,
- nervous,
- fishy,
- drawn-out,
- edgy,
- suspenseful,
- Classed,
- pressured,
- wearisome,
- pretext,
- tired,
- Tightener,
- Overstrained,
- out-of-the-way,
- worried,
- Endeavored,
- put on,
- fake,
- hand on,
- highly strung,
- whacked,
- troublesome,
- antsy,
- voiced,
- Tasked,
- deformed,
- stocked,
- riddled,
- contacted,
- birthed,
- jittery,
- hypocrisy,
- not natural,
- killing,
- disquieted,
- unlikely,
- uphill,
- Squeezed,
- sorted,
- bound,
- straggling,
- pretension,
- grueling,
- Achieved.
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Proper noun, singular
tense.
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Proper noun, singular
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Adjective
stretched, difficult, deadlocked, Stalled, taut, uptight, deteriorating, volatile, limited, high-strung, constrained, stumbling, strenuous, challenging, restricted.
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Verb, past participle
restrained, stressed, pressured, drained, attained, exacerbated, Degenerated, overstretched, aggravated, burdened, oversupplied, knackered, pressurized, afflicted, harmed, Jeopardized, diminished, Challenged, overloaded, hurt, impaired, impacted, minimized, mitigated, decreased, overtired, shortened, charged, escalated, tested, Worked, pressed, worsened, accomplished, experienced, tired, Curtailed, winded, wound, Liquidated, Underpinned, overburdened, saturated, prejudiced, encumbered, undermined, trusted, relaxed, Compromised, overwhelmed, wired, Borne, intended, worn, lessened, damaged, exhausted, Encountered, expired, Discounted, bereaved, blown, narrowed, Hampered, risen, Aimed, proved, proven, elapsed, geared, expanded, spent, designed, set, Tended, Whipped, depleted, confined, expended, Achieved, Piloted, Leaked, focused, engaged, taught, faced, Reached, capped, subdued, bounded, compounded, flooded, clogged, tried, stretched, reduced, lowered, Met, gone, cut, limited, tensed, constrained, restricted.
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Antonyms for Strained:
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adj.
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forced, pretended
genuine, relaxed, comfortable, easy-going, slack, easy, calm, laid-back, loose, unforced.
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Other antonyms:
impulsive, uncontrived, unfeigned, honest, unprompted, effortless, unconscious, authentic, realistic, right, bona fide, graceful, impromptu, true, smooth, unrehearsed, extemporaneous, spontaneous, unstudied, instinctive.
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forced, pretended
