Word: strained
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: strained
Definition: Not natural or spontaneous but done with effort
Morphemes:
Affix: strain
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: stringere
Language: la
Decoded: stringere
Meaning: to draw tight together, to tie
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.