refrain

Oznaczający (Angielski)

Verb

1. To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
2. To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
3. To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
4. To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
5. To abstain from (food or drink).

Noun

1. The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
2. A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.

Synonimy

chorus

abstain

hold back

avoid

desist

forbear

restrain oneself

burden

cease

stop

🛑

suppress

eschew

hold

decline

forego

forgo

keep back

keep oneself

melody

refuse

restrain

cancel

forbearance

forebear

deny oneself

abnegate

free

🆓

harbinger

band

abstinence

hold down

hold off

keep

stand off

tell again and again

mean

be temperate

patient

postpone

prophesy

quit

be abstemious

repeat

🔁

repress

reserve

resist

embrass

retain

say

🗣️

scorn

show

signify

spare

spell

abstention

swallow

tag

tell

theme

think

🤔

hold aloof

tolerable

turn down

turn up

utter

withdraw

withstand

control oneself

denote

deny

comprise

detain

do without

check

fail

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

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Etymologia (Angielski)

From Middle English refreynen, from Anglo-Norman refraindre, Middle French refreindre (from Latin refringere), and Anglo-Norman refrener, Middle French refrener (from Latin refrenare).