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Synonyms for straining
strain·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
strain, strainingnoun
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, songAntonyms:
effortlessdistortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twistingadjective
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, tormentAntonyms:
effortlessarduous, straining, strenuousadjective
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, gruellingAntonyms:
effortless
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List of paraphrases for "straining":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#228 | line | |
#368 | form | |
#434 | stock | |
#478 | air | |
#596 | hard | |
#1225 | song | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#2989 | stress | |
#5184 | spin | |
#5338 | torture | |
#5858 | tune | |
#6612 | strain | |
#7484 | breed | |
#7835 | twist | |
#10309 | distortion | |
#10860 | variant | |
#11131 | melody | |
#14639 | pains | |
#15883 | tenor | |
#16119 | striving | |
#19770 | deformation | |
#20439 | agony | |
#23795 | twisting | |
#27991 | anguish | |
#29210 | torment | |
#32471 | punishing | |
#34730 | whirl | |
#35229 | strenuous | |
#36511 | straining | |
#37611 | exhausting | |
#40763 | torturing | |
#40798 | arduous | |
#42354 | aberration | |
#52801 | grueling | |
#53660 | laborious | |
#61306 | twirl | |
#90856 | gruelling | |
#92062 | nisus | |
#103440 | sieving | |
#183574 | backbreaking | |
#218887 | toilsome |
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All our regulators need to get in the game, crypto mining firms are polluting communities, they’re straining power grids, and they’re driving up utility costs in communities from Texas to New York.
That, compounded by the amount of Covid patients that we are seeing today is really straining our healthcare system and resources.
We are seeing a lot of civilian injuries, including children and the use of heavy explosive weaponry, people are moving into shelters and basements, which do not have proper sanitary conditions, and we are observing problems with the onset of winter. Hospitals and schools have been damaged by artillery fire, and the threat of COVID is straining the healthcare system even more.
Recent bellicose moves by the Venezuelan military to deploy along the border with Colombia as well as the presence of illegal armed groups and terrorist organizations in Venezuelan territory demonstrate that Nicolas Maduro not only poses a threat to the Venezuelan people, Nicolas Maduro actions threaten the peace and security of Venezuela's neighbors, catastrophic economic policies and political repression continue to drive this unprecedented refugee crisis, straining the ability of governments to respond.
It has been mentally straining on them not to see family members and loved ones, when you are used to having family there every day and then you can't, it's very lonely for them.
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