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stretched
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troubled(gloomy, awkward, depressed, unsettled)
4
anxious(excited, awkward, nervous, unstable)
4
contrived(difficult, true, affected, artificial)
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drawn(tense, fatigued)
4
effortful(true, burdensome)
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fatigued
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insincere(affected, unnatural)
4
uneasy(excited, awkward, shaky, tense)
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unlikely
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uptight(excited, awkward, shaky, tense)
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affected(difficult, tense, artificial, forced)
3
bound(affected, unnatural)
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false(awkward, affected, artificial, forced)
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farfetched(false, awkward, extravagant, forced)
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garbled
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heavy
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prolonged
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protracted(strong, difficult, powerful, penetrating)
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rigid(stiff, affected, unnatural, stretched)
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