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strainsome

strainsome adjective: characterised or marked by straining.

Adjective

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
    • [...] when you looked me with those teary eyes / and heart pounding with strainsome cries [...]2011, Prashant Saxena, The Departed One

Forms of strainsome

comparativemore strainsome
superlativemost strainsome

Origin of strainsome

From strain + -some.

Questions about strainsome

What does strainsome mean?
Strainsome means characterised or marked by straining.
What part of speech is strainsome?
Strainsome is an adjective.

Words near strainsome in the dictionary

  1. strains at a gnat
  2. strains at the leash
  3. strains courtesy
  4. strains every nerve
  5. strains the potatoes
  6. strainsome
  7. straint
  8. straintronic
  9. straintronics
  10. strait
  11. strait and narrow

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