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"Strained"
Keywords:
effortless
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ease
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verging
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headroom
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heartiness
Showing signs of audible distress during loud passages, as though the system is verging on overload. Compare "ease," "effortless."
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The component sounds like it's working too hard. Distorted. Inadequate headroom or insufficient power. Opposite of effortless.
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lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating"
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lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"
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Keywords:
agonistic
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struggling
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poses
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effect
struggling for effect; "agonistic poses"
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Keywords:
wrenched
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great
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excessive
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friends
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wit
Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends.
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Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained.
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under great stress; "her voice was strained as she asked the question"
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