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strained

/streɪnd/

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adjective
lacking natural ease
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labored laboured awkward
adjective
struggling for effect
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agonistic affected unnatural
adjective
lacking spontaneity; not natural
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"a constrained smile" "a strained smile"

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constrained forced affected unnatural
adjective
showing signs of mental and emotional tension
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"her voice was strained as she asked the question"

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Definition that contains strained

catachresis strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')