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Synonyms & Antonyms of strained
(Entry 1 of 2)
- I took the complaint manager's strained smile to mean I wasn't a welcome sight
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- automatic,
- canned,
- concocted,
- fabricated,
- hokey,
- labored,
- manufactured,
- pat,
- unauthentic,
- unreal,
- unrealistic
- double-dealing,
- empty,
- facile,
- hollow,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- left-handed,
- mealy,
- mealymouthed,
- two-faced,
- unctuous
- exaggerated,
- histrionic,
- melodramatic,
- overacted,
- overdone,
- theatrical
- (also theatric)
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strained
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of strained (Entry 2 of 2)
- in order to lift something heavy, squat down and lift with your legs, or you'll strain your back
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- better strain that coffee thoroughly to get all the grounds out
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- the whole department is straining to complete the project before the deadline
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Phrases Synonymous with strained
- sweat blood
- (or sweated blood)
Near Antonyms for strained
- bummed,
- chilled,
- dallied,
- dillydallied,
- footled,
- goldbricked,
- goofed (off),
- hacked (around),
- hung (around or out)
- (also hanged (around or out)),
- idled,
- lazed,
- loafed,
- lounged,
- shirked,
- slacked (off),
- vegged out
- dabbled,
- doodled,
- fooled around,
- fribbled,
- goofed (around),
- hung
- (also hanged),
- hung about
- [British],
- messed around,
- monkeyed (around),
- played,
- pottered (around),
- puttered (around),
- trifled
- put the cooked fruit in a cheesecloth bag and let the juice strain into a pan
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- strained her memory but the name just wouldn't come to her
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- the woman tenderly strained to her breast the child that she had long ago given up for dead
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“Strained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strained. Accessed 26 May. 2022.
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The first known use of strained was circa 1542
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