Related Words for refrain

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WordSyllablesCategories
forbear
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Verb, Noun
abstain
x/
Noun, Verb
desist
x/
Verb, Verb
chorus
/x
Verb, Noun, Verb
repeating
x/x
Verb
exhortation
xx/x
Noun
ditty
/x
Noun
admonishing
x/xx
Verb
admonition
xx/x
Noun
harping
/x
Noun
chant
/
Noun
phrase
/
Noun
echoing
/xx
Verb
reiteration
xxx/x
Noun
singing
/x
Noun
scolding
/x
Noun
catchy
/x
Adjective
shouting
/x
Verb
repetition
xx/x
Noun
drumbeat
/x
Noun
wailing
/x
Noun
whining
/x
Verb
moralizing
/xxx
Noun
song
/
Noun
lyric
/x
Noun
imploring
x/x
Noun
cautioning
/xx
Verb
repetitious
xx/x
Adjective
prattle
/x
Noun
melody
/xx
Noun
lament
x/
Noun
plaintive
/x
Adjective
repetitive
x/xx
Adjective
murmuring
/xx
Verb
singsong
/x
Noun
humming
/x
Noun
reciting
x/x
Verb
whistling
/x
Verb
entreaty
x/x
Noun
stop
/
Noun
mournful
/x
Adjective
hear
/
Verb
riff
/
Noun
ballad
/x
Noun
mantra
/x
Noun
emphatic
x/x
Adjective
chiding
/x
Noun
repeatedly
x/xx
Adverb
hesitating
/xxx
Verb
reprise
x/
Noun
chiming
/x
Noun
mocking
/x
Verb
crooning
/x
Noun
bleating
/x
Noun
avoid
x/
Verb
shrieking
/x
Noun
warbling
/xx
Noun
clamor
/x
Noun
catchphrase
//
Noun
keening
/x
Noun
uttering
/xx
Verb
hollering
/xx
Verb
insistent
x/x
Adjective
taunting
/x
Verb
complaining
x/x
Verb
accompaniment
x/xx
Noun
hold
/
Noun
hold in
/x
Phrase, Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
hold back
//
Phrase, Verb
keep from
//
Phrase, Verb
retain
x/
Verb
retract
x/
Verb
inhibit
x/x
Verb
keep back
//
Phrase, Verb
hold down
//
Phrase, Verb
hold off
//
Phrase, Verb
keep
/
Verb
withhold
x/
Verb
detain
x/
Verb
stifle
/x
Verb
rein
/
Noun
contain
x/
Verb
stay
/
Verb
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
abide
x/
Verb
arrest
x/
Noun
halt
/
Noun
rein in
/x
Phrase, Verb
keep out of
///
Phrase, Verb
absent
/x
Adjective
stent
/
Noun
prevent
x/
Verb
resist
x/
Verb
rest
/
Noun
remit
x/
Noun
pause
/
Noun
hold out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
revoke
x/
Verb
keep out
//
Phrase, Verb
refuse
x/
Noun
help
/
Noun
stint
/
Noun
choke back
//
Phrase, Verb
abridge
x/
Verb
keep to oneself
//x/
Phrase, Verb
keep under
//x
Phrase, Verb
hinder
/x
Verb
forbid
x/
Verb
impound
x/
Noun
retard
x/
Verb
silence
/x
Noun
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
interdict
/xx
Noun
avert
x/
Verb
refuge
/x
Noun
turn back
//
Phrase, Verb
lay hold of
///
Phrase, Verb
stand back
//
Phrase, Verb
delay
x/
Noun
tendering
/xx
Verb
intervening
xx/x
Noun, Verb
meddling
/xx
Verb
molesting
x/x
Verb
interfering
xx/x
Verb
harming
/x
Verb
criticising
/xxx
Verb
boasting
/x
Noun
coitus
/x
Noun
mentioning
/xx
Verb
donating
/xx
Verb
criticizing
/xxx
Verb
intercourse
/xx
Noun
indulging
x/x
Verb
commenting
/xx
Verb
abandon
x/x
Verb, Noun
abstention
x/x
Noun
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
avoidance
x/x
Noun
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
beware
x/
Verb
cease
/
Verb, Noun
cede
/
Verb
concede
x/
Verb
consume
x/
Verb
cry
/
Noun, Verb
deter
x/
Verb, Noun
dirge
/
Noun, Verb
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
dispense
x/
Verb, Noun
drill
/
Noun, Verb
eschew
x/
Verb
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
forego
x/
Verb
forgo
x/
Verb
from
/
Verb
have
/
Verb, Noun
incantation
x//x
Noun
ingest
x/
Verb, Noun
jingle
/x
Noun, Verb
keep off
//
Phrase, Verb
keynote
/x
Noun, Verb
leave
/
Verb, Noun
let it go
///
Phrase, Noun
litany
/xx
Noun
lullaby
/xx
Noun, Verb
motto
/x
Noun, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
music
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
not
/
Adverb, Noun
plaint
/
Noun
punishing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
quiet
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
relinquish
x/x
Verb
renounce
x/
Verb, Noun
requiem
/xx
Noun
rhyme
/
Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
shun
/
Verb
sit out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
slogan
/x
Noun
smoking
/x
Noun, Adjective
stand by
//
Phrase, Verb
story
/x
Noun, Verb
surrender
x/x
Noun, Verb
take
/
Verb, Noun
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
talking
/x
Noun
tune
/
Noun, Verb
verse
/
Noun, Verb
wait
/
Verb, Noun
waive
/
Verb, Noun
withdraw
x/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective