3
extended
3
false(adjective, awkward, affected, artificial, forced)
3
farfetched(adjective, false, awkward, extravagant, forced)
3
garbled
3
heavy
3
prolonged
3
protracted(adjective, strong, difficult, powerful, penetrating)
3
pulled
3
recondite
3
rigid(adjective, stiff, affected, unnatural, stretched)
3
self-conscious
3
sieved
3
strenuous
3
stressed(verb, adjective, stiff, tense, exhausted)
3
strung out(expression, adjective, excited, anxious, awkward)
3
toilsome
3
troublesome
2
agitated(excited, anxious, awkward, pressure, unsettled)
2
apprehensive
2
blighted
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