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unrelaxed collapse: nor relaxed; "his life was drawing to a close in baffled zeal and unrelaxed strain"- U.B.Phillips

elongated collapse: drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page"

inhospitable collapse: unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"; not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable"

uncordial collapse: lacking warmth or friendliness; "looked uncordial as we approached"

crushing collapse: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"

fraught collapse: marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship"

unpleasantness collapse: the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"; the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling

tortured collapse: subjected to intense pain; "hundreds of tortured prisoners"

concerned collapse: feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child"; involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in; "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business"; in relation (or in regard) to; especially as in the phrases; "as far as x is concerned"; "where x is concerned"

stretched collapse: (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching; "well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury"; extended or spread over a wide area or distance; "broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us"

punishing collapse: resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax"

improbable collapse: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"; not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"; having a probability too low to inspire belief

unsociable collapse: not inclined to society or companionship; "an unsociable nature...shy and reserved"; "generally unsociable except with intimate friends"; "unsociable behavior"; "an unsociable neighborhood"

burdensome collapse: not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

taut collapse: pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"; subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"

arduous collapse: difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill; "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary"; characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"; taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt

drawn collapse: having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"; used of vehicles pulled forward (often used in combination); "horse-drawn vehicles"

solicitous collapse: showing hovering attentiveness; "solicitous about her health"; "made solicitous inquiries about our family"; full of anxiety and concern; "solicitous parents"; "solicitous about the future"

disquieted collapse: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"

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