5
stretched(verb, adjective)
5
troubled(adjective, gloomy, awkward, depressed, unsettled)
4
anxious(adjective, excited, awkward, nervous, unstable)
4
contrived(adjective, difficult, true, affected, artificial)
4
drawn(adjective, tense, fatigued)
4
effortful(adjective, true, burdensome)
4
far fetched(expression, idiom)
4
fatigued
4
filtered(verb, pure, purified)
4
insincere(adjective, affected, unnatural)
4
twisted
4
uneasy(adjective, excited, awkward, shaky, tense)
4
unlikely(adjective, fantastic)
4
uptight(adjective, excited, awkward, shaky, tense)
3
affected(adjective, difficult, tense, artificial, forced)
3
arduous
3
bound(adjective, affected, unnatural)
3
busy
3
distorted(verb, false, extravagant, slant, bent)
3
disturbed
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