straining

/stɹˈeɪnɪŋ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance- F.D.Roosevelt
   “his final, straining burst of speed”

noun

1. an intense or violent exertion
2. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

Synonyms for straining

• arduous
• strenuous
• effortful
• strain
• distortion
• overrefinement
• torture
• twisting

Words that rhyme with straining

• feigning
• staining
• training
• waning
• campaigning
• caning
• complaining
• constraining
• draining
• entertaining
• raining
• regaining
• reigning
• remaining
• retraining
• abstaining
• ascertaining
• attaining
• chaining
• containing
• deigning
• detaining
• disdaining
• explaining
• gaining
• haning
• laning
• maintaining
• obtaining
• ordaining