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adj. Having been passed through a strainer: a bowl of strained peaches.

adj. Done with or marked by excessive effort; forced: strained humor.

adj. Extended beyond proper limits: a strained meaning.

adj. Antagonized to the verge of open conflict: strained relations.

adj. Twisted; wrenched: a strained ankle.

adj. Forced through a strainer.

adj. Under tension; tense.

v. Simple past tense and past participle of strain.

adj. Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened.

adj. Done or produced with straining or excessive effort.

Forced; carried beyond proper limits: as, a strained interpretation of a law.

Of this or that strain or breed, as an animal.

adj. lacking spontaneity; not natural

adj. showing signs of mental and emotional tension

adj. lacking natural ease

adj. struggling for effect

"His dark hair was matted with sweat, his expression strained and empty, the expression of release."

affected    unnatural    tense    awkward   

wrenched    weakened   

strain   

Refrained    abstained    arraigned    ascertained    attained    brained    campaigned    caned    chained    complained