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Showing words for REFRAIN using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Refrain

refrain

6 Letter Words for Refrain

enfrai, fainer, fairer, farine, farren, infare, naifer, rainer

5 Letter Words for Refrain

afire, airer, arrie, faine, faire, farer, feria, ferri, finer, firer, frare, freir, frena, friar, infer, infra, irena, narre, raine, refan, reina, reran, rifer

4 Letter Words for Refrain

afer, aine, aire, airn, anre, aren, arni, arri, earn, eira, eria, erin, fain, fair, fane, fare, fear, feni, fern, ferr, fiar, fier, fine, fire, firn, frae, fren, iare, iran, naif, nare, narr, neaf, near, neif, nief, nife, rain, rane, rare, rean, rear, refr, reif, rein, rier, rife, rine

3 Letter Words for Refrain

aer, ain, air, ane, are, arf, arn, arr, ean, ear, eir, era, erf, ern, err, fan, far, fei, fen, fer, fie, fin, fir, fra, fri, ife, inf, ira, ire, nae, naf, nar, nea, nef, nei, nie, raf, rai, ran, rea, ref, rei, ria, rie, rif, rin, rna

Definitions for Refrain

[1] to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from ): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
[2] Archaic . to curb.
[3] a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus.
[4] Music . a musical setting for the refrain of a poem. any melody. the principal, recurrent section of a rondo.
[5] (intr usually foll by from ) to abstain (from action); forbear
[6] a regularly recurring melody, such as the chorus of a song
[7] a much repeated saying or idea

Words related to Refrain

melody, theme, abstain, halt, renounce, avoid, forgo, resist, desist, cease, restrain, curb, strain, music, burden, tune, song, forbear, quit, inhibit

Words nearby Refrain

refractory, refractory anemia, refractory period, refractory state, refracture, refrain, reframe, refrangible, refreeze, refresco, refresh

Origin of Refrain

21325–75; Middle English refreyne < Old French refrain, derivative of refraindre to break sequence < Vulgar Latin *refrangere, for Latin refringere to refract

Words that may be confused with Refrain

refrain, restrain

Other words from Refrain

re·frain·er , noun
re·frain·ment , noun
un·re·frained , adjective
un·re·frain·ing , adjective

Word origin for Refrain

C14: via Old French, ultimately from Latin refringere to break into pieces

Synonyms for Refrain

melody, theme, burden, music, song, strain, tune, undersong