Hyphenation of strained

Are you trying to hyphenate strained? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

strained

Definitions of strained:

1.	Lacking natural ease A labored style of debating
2.	Showing signs of mental and emotional tension Her voice was strained as she asked the question
3.	Lacking spontaneity Not natural A constrained smile Forced heartiness A strained smile
4.	Struggling for effect Agonistic poses

Synonyms of strained:

adj	labored, laboured, awkward
adj	tense
adj	constrained, forced, affected, unnatural
adj	agonistic, affected, unnatural

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.