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What is the adjective for strains?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb strain which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

strained
  1. Forced through a strainer.
  2. Under tension; tense.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “They hung together on the strained rope, swinging crazily in the blackness of the storm-darkened night.”
      “Sheldon just looked at him and smiled a small strained smile.”
      “The strained silence between them was making her self-conscious.”
strainful
  1. Full of strain; requiring or exacting great effort; strenuous; stressful.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The first type of coping response changes the situation out of which the strainful experience arises.”
      “The general conclusion we wish to draw is a simple one. Certain strategies are less strainful than others in terms of the demands they place on memory and upon inference.”
strainable
  1. That can be strained or filtered
  2. Examples:
    1. “The pure aluminium is highly strainable and it induces a particularised texture, common to the material and to the used forming process.”
      “Soft bodies are manufactured from strainable cotton or velours material and can be washed off damp.”
      “The strainable beam members are constructed and arranged such that the relative movement between the ring portions creates a strain in the strainable beam members.”
strainsome
  1. Characterised or marked by straining
  2. Examples:
    1. “There are 300 steps to the mountain and it is strainsome to ascend the stairs.”
strainless
  1. Without strain.
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