Related Words for strained

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laboured
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Adjective, Adjective
labored
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Adjective, Adjective
forced
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Adjective, Adjective, Verb
affected
x/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
awkward
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
constrained
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Noun, Adjective
tense
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
unnatural
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
agonistic
/x/x
Adjective, Adjective
unwind
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Verb, Verb, Noun
loosen up
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
stretched
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Verb
soured
/x
Verb
squeezed
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Verb
pinched
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Adjective
pained
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Verb
frayed
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Adjective
jarred
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Verb
drained
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Verb
fractured
/x
Adjective
weakened
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Verb
hampered
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Verb
deteriorated
x/xxxx
Verb
bulged
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Verb
bruised
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Verb
stiffened
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Verb
shaky
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Adjective
muddied
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Verb
chafed
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Verb
dislocated
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Adjective
tightened
/x
Verb
wrenched
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Verb
exasperated
x/xxx
Adjective
loosened
/x
Verb
muddled
/x
Adjective
overstretched
/x/
Adjective
lacerated
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Adjective
irritated
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Verb
hobbled
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Verb
tenuous
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Adjective
wrung
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Verb
thickened
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Adjective
overworked
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Adjective
severed
/x
Verb
softened
/x
Verb
twisted
/x
Adjective
simmered
/x
Verb
sagged
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Verb
stressed
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Verb
contorted
x/x
Adjective
flexed
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Adjective
intensified
x/xx
Verb
slackened
/x
Verb
swelled
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Verb
painfully
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Adverb
inflamed
x/
Adjective
hamstrung
/x
Verb
torn
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Verb
shaken
/x
Verb
faltered
/x
Verb
strengthened
/x
Verb
ached
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Verb
scrunched
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Verb
aggravated
/xxx
Verb
deepened
/x
Verb
constricted
x/x
Adjective
cooled
/
Adjective
ruptured
/x
Adjective
sapped
/
Verb
worsened
/x
Verb
stifled
/x
Adjective
burdened
/x
Verb
distended
x/x
Adjective
fatigued
x/
Verb
sprained
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Verb
cracked
/
Adjective
dampened
/x
Verb
choked
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Verb
degenerated
x/xxx
Verb
broken
/x
Adjective
mended
/x
Verb
contrived
x/
Verb
distorted
x/x
Adjective
stunted
/x
Adjective
atrophied
/xx
Verb
mangled
/x
Adjective
uneasy
x/x
Adjective
uncomfortably
x/xx
Adverb
deadened
/x
Adjective
stiff
/
Adjective
troubled
/x
Adjective
sundered
/x
Adjective
stirred
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Verb
clouded
/x
Adjective
splintered
/x
Adjective
thinned
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Verb
muffled
/x
Adjective
eased
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Verb
anguished
/x
Adjective
clenched
/
Adjective
weak
/
Adjective
exhausted
x/x
Verb
roiled
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Verb
bended
/x
Adjective
knotted
/x
Verb
agitated
/xxx
Adjective
straitened
/x
Adjective
jammed
/
Verb
throbbed
/
Verb
tight
/
Adjective
severely
x/x
Adverb
galled
/
Verb
estranged
x/
Verb
ragged
/x
Adjective
overextended
xxx/x
Adjective
intertwined
xx/
Verb
crumbled
/x
Verb
fraught
/
Noun
tangled
/x
Adjective
overwrought
xx/
Adjective
chilled
/
Adjective
disintegrated
x/xxx
Verb
hindered
/x
Verb
sputtered
/x
Adjective
entangled
x/x
Verb
enmeshed
x/
Verb
undermined
xx/
Verb
crushed
/
Verb
marred
/
Verb
convulsed
x/
Verb
overburdened
/x/x
Adjective
frustrated
/xx
Adjective
exacerbated
x/xxx
Verb
weary
/x
Adjective
vibrated
/xx
Verb
sustained
x/
Adjective
taut
/
Adjective
restrained
x/
Verb
boiled
/
Adjective
disjointed
x/x
Adjective
soaked
/
Adjective
tweaked
/
Verb
impeded
x/x
Verb
blurred
/
Adjective
stilted
/x
Adjective
wedged
/
Verb
tugged
/
Verb
bolstered
/x
Verb
dissolved
x/
Verb
overloaded
/xxx
Adjective
fissured
/x
Adjective
quivered
/x
Verb
battered
/x
Adjective
jerked
/
Verb
accentuated
x/xxx
Verb
vexed
/
Adjective
wracked
/
Verb
conflicted
x/x
Adjective
dulled
/
Verb
rattled
/x
Verb
tapped
/
Verb
punctured
/x
Adjective
clamped
/
Verb
flared
/
Verb
impinged
x/
Verb
crippled
/x
Verb
sieved
/
Adjective
sifted
/x
Verb
forcible
/xx
Adjective
compressed
x/
Verb
tensioned
/x
Adjective
grated
/x
Adjective
squashed
/
Adjective
crimped
/
Adjective
superlattice
xx/x
Noun
marinade
/xx
Noun
decoction
x/x
Noun
prunes
/
Noun
sinews
//
Noun
quantum
/x
Noun
agonised
/xx
Adjective
agonized
/xx
Adjective
ailing
/x
Adjective, Noun
aimed
/
Adjective
ambiguous
x/xx
Adjective
analogous
x/xx
Adjective
apprehensive
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
awed
/
Adjective
bent
/
Noun, Adjective
challenged
/x
Adjective
changed
/
Adjective
deadlocked
/x
Adjective
depleted
x/x
Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
edgy
/x
Adjective
embarrassed
x/x
Adjective
encumbered
x/x
Adjective
filtered
/x
Adjective
hurried
/x
Adjective
inclement
x/x
Adjective
intense
x/
Adjective
intensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
jittery
/xx
Adjective
languid
/x
Adjective, Noun
limited
/xx
Adjective, Noun
menacing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
nervous
/x
Adjective
noncommittal
/x/x
Adjective, Noun
outstretched
x/
Adjective
piloted
/xx
Verb
poses
/x
Verb, Noun
relaxed
x/
Adjective
restive
/x
Adjective
rocky
/x
Adjective, Name
saturated
/xxx
Adjective
stalled
/
Adjective
stressful
/x
Adjective
stumbling
/xx
Noun
taxed
/
Adjective
tended
/x
Verb
tested
/x
Verb
uptight
x/
Adjective, Noun
volatile
/xx
Adjective, Noun
voltage
/x
Noun
worn
/
Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb