Definition of strained

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Strained (a.) Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends..

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Riot :: Riot (n.) Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction..
Stress :: Stress (n.) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained..
Agonistical :: Agonistical (a.) Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural..
Distrainable :: Distrainable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained..
Wanton :: Wanton (v. t.) Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive..
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
Half-strained :: Half-strained (a.) Half-bred; imperfect.
Simple :: Simple (a.) Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
Strainer :: Strained (a.) Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained..
Tentiginous :: Tentiginous (a.) Stiff; stretched; strained.
Obstriction :: Obstriction (n.) The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond..
Controllable :: Controllable (a.) Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command..
Tension :: Tension (a.) The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain..
Strain :: Strain (a.) To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship..
Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
Compellable :: Compellable (a.) Capable of being compelled or constrained.
Saturnalia :: Saturnalia (n. pl.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves..
Straining :: Strained (imp. & p. p.) of Strai.
Unstrained :: Unstrained (a.) Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference..
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