Synonyms for strain
noun
Effort
exertion, struggle, endeavor; see effort 1.
Mental tension
anxiety, tension, pressure; see stress 3.
A bodily injury less than a sprain
wrench, twist, stretch, ache, jerk, bruise, charley horse.
Pressure
tension, force, pull; see stress 2.
verb
To exert
strive, endeavor, labor; see try 1.
To wrench
twist, sprain, distort; see hurt 1, wrench.
To stretch
rack, extend, draw tight; see stretch 2, tighten 1.
To filter
refine, purify, screen; see filter 2, sift 2.
See strain in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion:
drive, fag, labor, moil, strive, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work. Idiom: break one's back (or neck). See work
noun
The use of energy to do something:
effort, endeavor, exertion, pain (used in plural), striving, struggle, trouble, while. (Informal) elbow grease. See workThe act, condition, or effect of exerting force on someone or something:
pressure, stress, tension. See push
noun
An intermixture of a contrasting or unexpected quality, especially in a person's character:
streak, vein. See beA pleasing succession of musical tones forming a usually brief aesthetic unit:
air, aria, melody, tune. (Obsolete) note. See sounds
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