Unscramble strained
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- strained is a valid Scrabble UK word, worth 9 points
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Definition of strained
adjective:
- lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating". Synonyms: labored, laboured.
- showing signs of mental and emotional tension; "her voice was strained as she asked the question".
- lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile", "forced heartiness", "a strained smile". Synonyms: constrained, forced.
- struggling for effect; "agonistic poses". Synonyms: agonistic.
verb:
- to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear". Synonyms: reach, strain, strive.
- test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!". Synonyms: strain, stress, try.
- use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro", "Don't strain your mind too much". Synonyms: extend, strain.
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour". Synonyms: sieve, sift, strain.
- cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up". Synonyms: strain, tense, tense up. Antonyms: relax, unstrain.
- become stretched or tense or taut; "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;", "the rope strained when the weight was attached". Synonyms: strain, tense.
- remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities". Synonyms: filter, filter out, filtrate, separate out, strain.
- rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby". Synonyms: puree, strain.
- alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy". Synonyms: deform, distort, strain.
Related words
bother, extend, fan, jaundice, overextend, overstrain, rack, resift, rice, riddle, screen, stretch, task, tax, trouble, winnow.
Words nearby
stained, strainer, trained.
Rhymes with
ascertained, attained, chained, constrained, contained, drained, entertained, entertained, feigned, ingrained, maintained, ordained, pained, restrained, retained, retained, stained, sustained, trained, unconstrained.
Words made by unscrambling the letters strained plus one letter
steradian, dicentras, resinated, detainers, gradients, astringed, tarnished, antherids, ordinates, dipterans, instarred, tardiness, transited, indurates.
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