Synonyms for straining

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1. strain, straining(noun)

   an intense or violent exertion

   Synonyms:
   tune, melody, form, pains, striving, melodic line, stress, breed, tenor, twisting, torture, var., air, variant, distortion, overrefinement, line, strain, stock, nisus, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, song

   Antonyms:
   effortless

2. distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting(adj)

   the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

   Synonyms:
   overrefinement, strain, torturing, spin, twist, optical aberration, twisting, aberration, whirl, twirl, distortion, deformation, agony, torture, distorted shape, anguish, torment

   Antonyms:
   effortless

3. arduous, straining, strenuous(adj)

   taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

   "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt

   Synonyms:
   toilsome, heavy, strenuous, laborious, punishing, hard, operose, arduous, grueling, backbreaking, gruelling

   Antonyms:
   effortless

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1. List of paraphrases:

   exhausting, sieving

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