straining

English Thesaurus

1. an intense or violent exertion (noun.act)

hypernym	:	effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail,
definition	:	use of physical or mental energy; hard work (noun.act)

2. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean (noun.act)

hypernym	:	falsification, misrepresentation,
definition	:	a willful perversion of facts (noun.act)

3. taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance (adj.all)

similar	:	effortful,
definition	:	requiring great physical effort (adj.all)

4. an intense or violent exertion (noun.act)

derivation	:	reach, strain, strive,
definition	:	to exert much effort or energy (verb.competition)

derivation	:	extend, strain,
definition	:	use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	strain, stress, try,
definition	:	test the limits of (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	strenuous,
definition	:	characterized by or performed with much energy or force (adj.all)

5. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean (noun.act)

derivation	:	over-refine, overrefine,
definition	:	refine too much or with excess of subtlety (verb.change)

derivation	:	distort, falsify, garble, warp,
definition	:	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (verb.communication)

derivation	:	convolute, pervert, sophisticate, twist, twist around,
definition	:	practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive (verb.communication)

6. taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance (adj.all)

derivation	:	nisus, pains, strain, striving,
definition	:	an effortful attempt to attain a goal (noun.act)

derivation	:	arduousness, strenuousness,
definition	:	extreme effortfulness (noun.attribute)

7. an intense or violent exertion (noun.act)

derivation	:	reach, strain, strive,
definition	:	to exert much effort or energy (verb.competition)

derivation	:	extend, strain,
definition	:	use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	strain, stress, try,
definition	:	test the limits of (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	strenuous,
definition	:	characterized by or performed with much energy or force (adj.all)

8. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean (noun.act)

derivation	:	over-refine, overrefine,
definition	:	refine too much or with excess of subtlety (verb.change)

derivation	:	distort, falsify, garble, warp,
definition	:	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story (verb.communication)

derivation	:	convolute, pervert, sophisticate, twist, twist around,
definition	:	practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive (verb.communication)

9. taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance (adj.all)

derivation	:	nisus, pains, strain, striving,
definition	:	an effortful attempt to attain a goal (noun.act)

derivation	:	arduousness, strenuousness,
definition	:	extreme effortfulness (noun.attribute)