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Strain

//stɹeɪn//

Synonyms for "strain" (743 found)

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Informal (136)

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

cut period

Adj, noun, verb, slang(11 words)

run color trick number slant try stab stray dread bloat shilly-shally

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(17 words)

set head stick cast crack scratch lay trace savage shy bent class scotch gash sublime kin music

Noun, verb, slang(36 words)

break turn make drive style character drag stretch rack skin screw trouble tear scrape section stress sort stripe gag people

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verse whitewash varnish continue scorch shrink damage haul fracture jib sieve tug pucker maul frazzle angst

Name, noun, verb, slang(29 words)

line work mark twist note burn stamp lot push stem house air care drain stew sweat blood book branch chip

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breed seed labor lug tribe frost claw filter ponder

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

check

Intj, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

draw pull title pause

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

rank side solo

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

part swell bloody

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

way sound

Name, noun, pron, verb, slang(1 words)

tone

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

rip bark fudge tune

Adv, conj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

slash

Adj, contraction, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

chill

Adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

type

Adj, slang(1 words)

mouldy

Adj, noun, slang(2 words)

tenor family

Verb, slang(9 words)

let out trick out hang back give off draw off string out stick at sweat blood hang off

Noun, slang(5 words)

anxiety coolness canto pins and needles goneness

Intj, noun, slang(1 words)

mood

Adj, adv, name, noun, slang(1 words)

nation

Name, noun, slang(1 words)

kidney

General use (607)

Noun(207 words)

line stock form division air resolution movement stress breed extension weakness tenor production variety descent tune variation determination development draughtsman

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inclination community disturbance society suggestion mode commotion response agitation song malaise perturbation succession exposition apprehension denomination derivation embarrassment obligation affiliation persuasion zeal difficulty exaggeration affectation eccentricity vestige nervousness tendency peculiarity lineage extraction coda predicament vexation individualism coldness indication uneasiness sextet folderol aptitude diapason octet idiosyncrasy clan inquietude mannerism filiation enmity animus species variant straining designation falderal nationality status intimation description trait septet ancestry predilection temperament diathesis stratum solicitude totem tailpiece misgiving incompatibility intermezzo propensity phylum disquietude genus proclivity lassitude weariness predisposition debility caste striving concernment envoi category prolongation stanza grandiloquence consanguinity couplet paternity distaff side pains melody unfriendliness distension spear side protraction exertion disaffinity sleepiness enervation bloodline tercet chilliness soupcon faintness animal kingdom anxiousness stirps anacrusis parentage overemphasis sestet iciness epode apprehensiveness mind-set debilitation phratry quatrain strophe all-overs unquietness turn of mind nisus overextension roots anxiety neurosis descendants overanxiety elongation ethnic group ritornello rhyme royal nervous strain anxious bench speech community deme antistrophe tiredness eyestrain plant kingdom forebodingness male line female line jadedness patriclan breaking point enfeeblement stylistics terza rima ottava rima cantus matriclan pentastich overreaction incompatibleness tenseness Spenserian stanza heptastich tetrastich overexpansion var.melodic line hexastich octastich tristich wearifulness supererogation tautness overexertion unsociability inhospitality mental strain overdistension stressfulness brain fag inimicality ungeniality uncordiality unamiability overtiredness melodic phrase overexpenditure

Adj, adv, noun, verb(2 words)

clear treble

Noun, verb(136 words)

measure form figure discharge sign study mind fret drift yield shape warp gloss position withdraw produce group impression concern temper

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Name, noun, verb(42 words)

order force spirit balance race mold press screen mould burden brand moulder grain gall bridge chorus retreat label nature wrench

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feather pain aim manner fray balk waver stave pierce cadence hover sorrow sift leach seek moil quail crane irk wince sept strains

Adj, name, noun, verb(6 words)

stock level passage hurt fear stickle

Adj, noun, verb(24 words)

upset draft separate exhaust draught birth tense slit statement rubric disquiet foreboding octave estate impair brood scald mutilate taxing effuse

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stretching pedigree lixiviate extravasate

Verb(95 words)

reach try stress extend embrace tense sieve filter distort rectify incise refine sift pull back injure emit abrade deform belie purify

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Adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

bolt

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

bias

Intj, noun, verb(1 words)

hint

Adj, noun(9 words)

quality kind rhetoric suspense mettle slavery ilk distich monostich

Adj, verb(6 words)

deliberate distort lacerate enervate elongate depurate

Adjective(1 words)

draughty

Name, noun(9 words)

song inflation constitution triplet heritage bourdon gens melody aria

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

folk

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Adj, adv, noun(1 words)

tutti

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