ADJECTIVE | all | strained, labored, laboured | lacking natural ease |
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all | strained | showing signs of mental and emotional tension | |
all | strained, constrained, forced | lacking spontaneity | |
all | strained, agonistic | struggling for effect |
Sounds | strey'nd | |
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Rhymes | ascertained ... untrained: 26 rhymes with eynd... |
Meaning | lacking natural ease. | |
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Synonyms | labored, laboured | |
Broader | awkward | lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance |
Spanish | afectado, forzado, tirante |
Meaning | Showing signs of mental and emotional tension. | |
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Example | "her voice was strained as she asked the question" | |
Broader | tense | In or of a state of physical or nervous tension |
Spanish | estresado |
Meaning | lacking spontaneity; not natural. | |
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Synonyms | constrained, forced | |
Broader | affected, unnatural | speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression |
Spanish | forzado, tiesa, tieso | |
Catalan | cohibit, forçat |
Meaning | struggling for effect. | |
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Synonym | agonistic | |
Broader | affected, unnatural | speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression |
Spanish | forzado | |
Catalan | forçat, tens |
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