strainsome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by straining

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Meanings

adjectivestrainsome (comparative more strainsome, superlative most strainsome)

comparative more strainsome · superlative most strainsome

  1. Characterised or marked by straining

    There are 300 steps to the mountain and it is strainsome to ascend the stairs.

    1973, Ēnugula Vīrāsvāmayya, Kasiyatra Charitra
    1 more example

    [...] when you looked me with those teary eyes / and heart pounding with strainsome cries [...]

    2011, Prashant Saxena, The Departed One

Origin

From strain + -some.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

strainsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strainsome

MLA

“strainsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strainsome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strainsome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strainsome.

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