unstrain

Other forms of unstrain

past tense

unstrained·

present participle

unstraining·

third person

unstrains·

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 unstrain

What does unstrain mean?

unstrain means "cause to feel relaxed".

How many syllables are in unstrain?

unstrain has 2 syllables: un-strain. The stress falls on "strain".

What is another word for unstrain?

Close synonyms include relax, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed. 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.

What is the opposite of unstrain?

The recorded antonyms are strain.

Is unstrain a common word?

unstrain is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.