10 Letter Words for Refraining
refraining
9 Letter Words for Refraining
inferring, infringer
8 Letter Words for Refraining
arginine, enfiring, fringier, grainier, inerring, infringe, nigerian, rangifer, refining, refiring
7 Letter Words for Refraining
aginner, airning, angrier, earning, earring, engrain, faining, fairing, fannier, farring, fearing, ferning, ferring, fingian, finnier, firring, franger, geranin, ginnier, girnier, grainer, granfer, grinner, grinnie, igraine, ingrain, ingrian, nearing, nigeria, nigrine, rainier, raining, rangier, rearing, refrain, reining
6 Letter Words for Refraining
agrief, airier, airing, argine, eaning, earing, enfrai, enring, erning, erring, fagine, fainer, fairer, fanger, fanner, farine, faring, farren, fenian, fennig, fingan, finger, fining, finner, firing, fringe, gainer, ganner, garner, genian, giarre, ginner, girner, girnie, graine, inaner, infair, infang, infare, infern, ingine, innage, inring, naifer, naigie, nanger, narine, ragini, rainer, ranger, ranine, raring, reagin, rearii, refrig, regain, regian, regina, rering, ringer, rinner
5 Letter Words for Refraining
aegir, afire, agrin, aiger, airer, anger, annie, areng, argin, arrie, enfin, engin, ennia, ering, fager, fagin, faine, faire, fanin, farer, feign, feria, ferri, fieri, finer, firer, frare, freir, frena, friar, gaine, ganef, garni, garre, geira, genii, genin, gnarr, grain, grane, grein, grief, inane, infer, infin, infra, ingan, inger, inner, irani, irena, irian, iring, irreg, narre, niger, nigra, niner, rager, raine, range, refan, regar, regia, regin, regna, reign, reina, renga, renig, renin, reran, rerig, rifer, ringe
4 Letter Words for Refraining
afer, agen, ager, agin, agni, aine, aire, airn, anne, anni, anre, areg, aren, arni, arri, earn, eira, engr, eria, erin, fage, fain, fair, fane, fang, fare, fear, feni, fern, ferr, fiar, fier, fine, fini, finn, fire, firn, frae, frag, fren, frig, gaen, gain, gair, gane, gare, gari, garn, gean, gear, gein, geir, gena, gien, ginn, gire, giri, girn, girr, gnar, graf, gran, gren, grin, iare, inga, inia, inne, iran, nagi, naif, naig, nain, nane, nare, narr, neaf, near, neif, nein, ngai, nief, nife, nina, nine, rage, ragi, rain, rane, rang, rann, rare, rean, rear, refr, regr, reif, rein, renn, rgen, rier, rife, riga, rine, ring
3 Letter Words for Refraining
aer, age, agr, ain, air, ane, ann, are, arf, arg, arn, arr, ean, ear, eir, eng, era, erf, erg, ern, err, fag, fan, far, fei, fen, fer, fgn, fie, fig, fin, fir, fra, frg, fri, gan, gar, gen, ger, gie, gif, gin, gra, grf, grr, ife, ign, inf, ing, inn, ira, ire, nae, naf, nag, nar, nea, nef, neg, nei, nie, nig, nne, raf, rag, rai, ran, rea, ref, reg, rei, ria, rie, rif, rig, rin, rna
Definitions for Refraining
[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] (intr usually foll by from ) to abstain (from action); forbear
[4] a regularly recurring melody, such as the chorus of a song
[5] a much repeated saying or idea
Words related to Refraining
refrainabstain, halt, renounce, avoid, forgo, resist, desist, cease, restrain, curb, forbear, quit, inhibit, pass, stop, withhold, arrest, eschew, interrupt, keep
Words nearby Refraining
refrainrefractory, refractory anemia, refractory period, refractory state, refracture, refrain, reframe, refrangible, refreeze, refresco, refresh
Origin of Refraining
11300–50; Middle English refreinen < Old French refrener < Latin refrēnāre to bridle, equivalent to re- re- + frēn(um ) bridle + -āre infinitive suffix
Words that may be confused with Refraining
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, refrainrefrain, restrain
Other words from Refraining
re·frain·er , noun
re·frain·ment , noun
un·re·frained , adjective
un·re·frain·ing , adjective
Word origin for Refraining
C14: via Old French, ultimately from Latin refringere to break into pieces
Synonyms for Refraining
abstain, avoid, cease, curb, desist, forgo, halt, renounce, resist, restrain, arrest, check, eschew, forbear, inhibit, interrupt, keep, pass, quit, stop, withhold, be temperate, give up, go on the wagon, leave off, not do, pass up, sit out, take the cure, take the pledge
