ˈhigh-ˌstrained,a. Highly strained; forced. 1659D. Pell Impr. SeaDed. A iij b, The Age wee live in is all for novelties, and high-strained Jigs of Musick.1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. 109 The high strain'd paradoxes of old philosophy.1748Hartley Observ. Man i. iv. 449 The high-strained Encomiums..paid to Learning.