Strained
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Irish Independent - Simple.
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Publications
- Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 14 Sep 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 9 Mar 2020
Crossword Answers
4 letters
TAUT
Subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"
5 letters
TENSE
A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
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TRIED
Tested and proved useful or correct; "a tested method"
TENSE
6 letters
FRAYED
Worn away or tattered along the edges; "frayed cuffs"
FORCED
Made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing"
TENSED
Having inflections to indicate tense
7 letters
LABORED
Requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
AWKWARD
Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"
INTENSE
(of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue"
8 letters
LABOURED
Requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
STRESSED
Bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"
9 letters
AGONISTIC
Of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
10 letters
FARFETCHED
Highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse"; "an implausible explanation"
11 letters
CONSTRAINED
Lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"
UNDERSTRESS