strained

Other forms of strained

comparative

strainedder·

superlative

straineddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about strained

What does strained mean?

strained means "lacking natural ease". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in strained?

strained has 1 syllable: strained. In IPA it is /ˈstɹeɪnd/.

What is another word for strained?

Close synonyms include labored, laboured, constrained, forced, agonistic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is strained a common word?

strained is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with strained?

4 words rhyme with strained. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.