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Synonyms for refrain
rɪˈfreɪnre·frain
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
refrain
Strains of music may gradually or suddenly cease. A man quits work on the instant; he may discontinue a practise gradually; he quits suddenly and completely; he stops short in what he may or may not resume; he pauses in what he will probably resume. What intermits or is intermitted returns again, as a fever that intermits. Compare ABANDON; DIE; END; REST.
Synonyms:
abstain, bring to an end, cease, come to an end, conclude, desist, discontinue, end, end, finish, give over, intermit, leave off, pause, quit, stop, terminateAntonyms:
begin, commence, enter upon, inaugurate, initiate, institute, originate, set about, set going, set in operation, set on foot, startPreposition:
Cease from anger.
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Princeton's WordNet
refrain, chorusverb
the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
Synonyms:
chorus line, chorusrefrain, forbearverb
resist doing something
"He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
abstain, refrain, desistverb
choose not to consume
"I abstain from alcohol"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
refrainverb
refrainverb
Synonyms:
abstain, forbear, hold one's self back, deny one's self, stay one's hand, keep one's self from indulgencerefrainnoun
Synonyms:
burden (of a song)
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List of paraphrases for "refrain":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#317 | end | |
#656 | keep | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1275 | hold | |
#2215 | avoid | |
#2674 | finish | |
#6027 | quit | |
#8026 | chorus | |
#8648 | conclude | |
#10518 | terminate | |
#10611 | pause | |
#11444 | cease | |
#17539 | refrain | |
#22808 | discontinue | |
#23641 | withhold | |
#28757 | abstain | |
#30094 | restrain | |
#35669 | desist | |
#63683 | abstaining | |
#90962 | forbear | |
#318728 | intermit |
How to use refrain in a sentence?
To err is human to refrain from laughing, humane.
The majority of them express some regret for not being vaccinated, that’s a pretty common refrain that we’re hearing from patients with COVID.
The market's attention is on these events so they will likely refrain from taking large positions now, investors also want more clues about global economies because while the U.S. economy appears to be solid, other economies may not be.
The government must end the persistent repression of dissent and the ongoing pattern of arbitrary arrests and refrain from criminalizing and attacking human rights defenders, political opponents and any other dissenting voices.
To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.
Translations for refrain
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- امتنعArabic
- refrénCzech
- refrænDanish
- Abstand nehmen von, sich zurückhalten, RefrainGerman
- επωδόςGreek
- refrenoEsperanto
- abstenerse, retenerse, estribilloSpanish
- خودداری کردنPersian
- pidättäytyä, kertosäe, pidätelläFinnish
- refrain, s'abstenir, se retenirFrench
- sèistScottish Gaelic
- बचनाHindi
- refrénHungarian
- menahan diriIndonesian
- refrenoIdo
- astenersiItalian
- 慎む, リフレーン, 差し控えるJapanese
- ದೂರವಿರಿKannada
- refrein, inhouden, zich niet inlaten met, zich onthouden van, bedwingen, tegenhoudenDutch
- tilbake, refreng, avholde, holde, avståNorwegian
- refrenPolish
- abster-se, refrãoPortuguese
- refrenRomanian
- воздер, воздержаться, воздерживаться, рефре́н, припе́вRussian
- refrenSlovene
- avståSwedish
- தடுத்தல்Tamil
- పల్లవిTelugu
- ละเว้นThai
- kaçınmakTurkish
- resploe, rifrinWalloon
- רעפרעןYiddish
- 副歌Chinese
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