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 (v. i.) To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess..
Spontaneity :: Spontaneity (n.) The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or cheked by the environment..
Licentious :: Licentious (a.) Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life..
Agonistical :: Agonistical (a.) Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural..
General :: General (a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression..
Goggle :: Goggle (v. i.) A strained or affected rolling of the eye.
Controlment :: Controlment (n.) The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.
Fiery :: Fiery (a.) Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
Unreserved :: Unreserved (a.) Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained.
Riotous :: Riotous (a.) Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious..
Free-living :: Free-living (n.) Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style..
Free :: Free (superl.) Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
Discretion :: Discretion (n.) Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will.
Half-strained :: Half-strained (a.) Half-bred; imperfect.
Independent :: Independent (a.) Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner..
Vengeance :: Vengeance (n.) Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge..
Unmoralized :: Unmoralized (a.) Not restrained or tutored by morality.
Flighty :: Flighty (a.) Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty delirious..
Restraint :: Restraint (n.) The state of being restrained.
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