Synonyms of strained

1 Syllable

taut, put, stiff, wreck, tight, drawn

2 Syllables

tightest, tautest, uptight, sprained, choked, wired, awkward, tenser, tighter, skintight, tense, tauter, tensest, unglued, tensed, false

3 Syllables

laborious, anguished, effortful, constrained, difficult, fluttery, uneasy, far-fetched, oblique, contrived, self-conscious, labored, intense, farfetched

4 Syllables

unconforming, close-fitting, miserable, unrelaxed, artificial, embarrassed, unnatural, overworked, unspontaneous, all-consuming, overtaxed

5 Syllables

exaggerated, uncomfortable, cater-cornered