Difference between Unnatural and Strained

UNNATURAL vs STRAINED: ADJECTIVE

Speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
Not in accordance with what usually occurs in nature.
Not included in nature; artificial.
Deviating from a behavioral or social norm.
Brutal or unfeeling.
Stilted, affected, or awkward.
Not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature
Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits.
Not natural; supernatural or artificial.
Going against nature; perverse.
Not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm
Not occuring in the environment or atmosphere

Not natural; contrary to nature; monstrous; especially, contrary to the natural feelings: as, unnatural offenses.
Acting without the affections of our common nature; not having the feelings natural to humanity; being without natural instincts: as, an unnatural parent.
Not in conformity to nature; not agreeable to the real character of persons or things; not representing nature; forced; strained; affected; artificial: as, unnatural images or descriptions.
=Syn. 1-3. Preternatural, etc. See supernatural.
Artificial, etc. See factitious.
Contrary to nature
Not normal

Strained, Constrained, Eery, Spooky, Stilted, Unco, Violent, Agonistic, Ugly, Monstrous, Uncanny, Eerie, Contrived, Artificial, Grotesque

Twisted, Rocky, Uneasy, Deteriorated, Stretched, Soured, Laboured, Agonistic, Unnatural, Affected, Labored, Forced, Awkward, Constrained, Tense

Strained, Constrained, Eery, Spooky, Stilted, Unco, Violent, Agonistic, Ugly, Monstrous, Uncanny, Eerie, Contrived, Artificial, Grotesque

Twisted, Rocky, Uneasy, Deteriorated, Stretched, Soured, Laboured, Agonistic, Unnatural, Affected, Labored, Forced, Awkward, Constrained, Tense

Chances are, it will feel scary and unnatural.
His honesty and incorruptibility were insurmountable, almost unnatural.
These sorts of differences are not unnatural, however.
Melanoma appears as unnatural growth, mostly in moles.
Natural is now considered unnatural and the unnatural is natural.
Society which lives by fear alone is an unnatural Society in an unnatural State.
Unnatural carnal knowledge is sexual intercourse with a person in an unnatural manner or with an animal.
She told me both children had an unnatural beauty, an unnatural goodness.
Mohawks, unnatural balding, unnatural single patches of hair, asymmetrical styles, etchings, braids, locks and twists are not allowed.
When unnatural thinness became attractive, girls did unnatural things to be thin.

This leaves your lower back unsupported and strained.
In both cases, focus group community is strained.
We then strained the liquid through a cheesecloth.
Family relationships can become strained in stressful situations.
Since then I strained something in my shoulder.
She suddenly relaxed, sagging, then strained again, then sagged further, then strained again.
Defensive tackle Joe Salave???a, who has missed two games due to a strained right calf, strained his left calf Sunday.
Separating herself from them really helped her in the long run, and made her strained relationship with her parents a little less strained.
Every arguable factual inference is being stretched to, if not beyond, its limits, and then strained inferences are piled on top of strained inferences.
Then I strained it, rinsed the strainer, and what was strained out were a gazillion bits of coagulated butter.