ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Strainful

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Strainful is an adjective meaning Full of strain; requiring or exacting great effort; strenuous; stressful.

Meaning

Full of strain; requiring or exacting great effort; strenuous; stressful.

Example Sentences

The first type of coping response changes the situation out of which the strainful experience arises.
In developing inventories of strainful events, criminologists must keep in mind the fact that there may be important […]
The general conclusion we wish to draw is a simple one. Certain strategies are less strainful than others in terms of the demands they place on memory and upon inference.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include strenuous, sweaty, superstrenuous, intense, overstrenuous, exigent.

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