string

Usage

• astringent

  When you are astringent towards someone, you speak to or write about them in a critical and hurtful manner.

• constrain

  When you are constrained, you are forced to do something or are kept from doing it.

• stringent

  Stringent measures or rules are strict, severe, and controlled in a very tight fashion.

• unrestrained

  Someone who is unrestrained is free to do as they please; they are not controlled by anyone but themself, which can lead to excessive behavior.

• restraint

  When someone has restraint, they show self-control or self-discipline, which provides limits to what they do.

• constraint

  the state of being physically constrained

• distress

  bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

• restrain

  keep under control

• strain(n.)

  (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

• strain(v.)

  to exert much effort or energy

• stress

  the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note, especially with regard to stress or pitch

• string

  thread on or as if on a string

• stringy

  lean and sinewy