All refrain synonyms
reΒ·frain
R r verb refrain
- call it quits β to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
- famishing β Present participle of famish.
- manacled β a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- let well enough alone β separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- abstain β If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- intermitted β to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- hold in β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- give over β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- forbear β to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
- come to an end β to become completed or exhausted
- hold down β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- bitted β Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- blow off β If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
- hold out on β to delay in or keep from telling (a person) some new or important information
- give notice β warn, inform
- hogtie β to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- dummy up β a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
- abnegate β to deny to oneself; renounce (privileges, pleasure, etc)
- withhold β to hold back; restrain or check.
- intermitting β to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- hards β not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- cool down β If someone cools down or if you cool them down, they become less angry than they were.
- leaf β one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- nixing β nothing.
- curb β If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- hang up β the way in which a thing hangs.
- leave off β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- clam up β If someone clams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets.
noun refrain
- diapason β either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
- oldie β a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- melody β musical sounds in agreeable succession or arrangement.
- assonance β the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery
- melodiousness β The property of being melodious.
- jingle β to make clinking or tinkling sounds, as do coins, keys, or other light, resonant metal objects when coming into contact or being struck together repeatedly: The keys on his belt jingled as he walked.
- mantra β Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- withholder β Agent noun of withhold; one who withholds.
- music β an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- heavy metal β big iron
- chorale β A chorale is a piece of music sung as part of a church service.
- lilt β rhythmic swing or cadence.
- musicality β of, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument.
- catchword β A catchword is a word or phrase that becomes popular or well-known, for example, because it is associated with a political campaign.
- litany β a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- by-word β a word or phrase associated with some person or thing; a characteristic expression, typical greeting, or the like.