STRAINED


Meaning of STRAINED in English

1.

If someone’s appearance, voice, or behaviour is ~, they seem worried and nervous.

Gil sensed something wrong from her father’s ~ voice...

? relaxed

ADJ

2.

If relations between people are ~, those people do not like or trust each other.

...a period of ~ relations between the prime minister and his deputy.

ADJ

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