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strained

English

  1. 🔊 showing signs of mental and emotional tension
    “her voice was strained as she asked the question”
  2. 🔊 struggling for effect
    “agonistic poses”
  3. 🔊 lacking spontaneity
    “a constrained smile”
  4. 🔊 lacking natural ease
    “a labored style of debating”

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