Antonyms for enchaining
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-cheyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtʃeɪn |
- aid
- allow
- assist
- center
- clarify
- clear up
- detach
- disconnect
- disentangle
- disjoin
- emancipate
- enlighten
- exclude
- expand
- explain
- explicate
- forget
- free
- help
- lay bare
- let
- let go
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- open
- order
- organize
- permit
- release
- remove
- separate
- set free
- stop
- succeed
- support
- unbind
- uncomplicate
- uncover
- unfasten
- unhitch
- unlace
- unlock
- untangle
- untie
- untwist
- unwrap
Definition of enchaining
- As in bind : verb fasten, secure
- As in enslave : verb make someone a servant
- As in entangle : verb involve, mix up
- To those with any decency, the creed of Freedom was—of all—the most enchaining.
- Extract from : « The Dark Flower » by John Galsworthy
- At the last pair De Lara looks not, the first enchaining his attention.
- Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
- Was there freedom, was there enchaining, was there even a height rising from higher.
- Extract from : « Geography and Plays » by Gertrude Stein
- Le Loutre made no answer, for now events on the battlefield were enchaining every eye.
- Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- Yet Magic often has its revenge upon Animism: enchaining by mysterious uniformities the god himself.
- Extract from : « The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions » by Carveth Read
- He can as truly deliver the body from the most persistent and enchaining habit, as he can wholly convert the mind and heart.
- Extract from : « The Wonders of Prayer » by Various
- And all these marvelous changes imparted to love that sweet sadness which is beyond all words poetic and enchaining.
- Extract from : « The Man Between » by Amelia E. Barr
- He no longer sought the company of others as a relief from his cares; he found an enchaining attraction to his own fireside.
- Extract from : « Tales and Legends of the English Lakes » by Wilson Armistead
- Baltic had the gift of enchaining his hearers, and the audience hung upon his speech with breathless attention.
- Extract from : « The Bishop's Secret » by Fergus Hume
- The whole form a great body of fine and thoughtful work, which is as enchaining as its meaning is often profound.
- Extract from : « Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIV » by John Lord
Synonyms for enchaining
- adhere
- attach
- bandage
- bewilder
- bind
- border
- burden
- capture
- catch
- chain
- check
- cinch
- circumscribe
- clamp
- clog
- coerce
- come on
- compel
- complicate
- compromise
- confine
- confuse
- connect
- constrict
- corner
- cover
- deprive
- disenfranchise
- disfranchise
- dishevel
- dominate
- dress
- duke in
- edge
- embarrass
- embrangle
- embroil
- encase
- enchain
- enclose
- enfetter
- enmesh
- ensnare
- enthrall
- entrap
- fetter
- finish
- fix
- fold
- furl
- get hooks into
- glue
- hamper
- handcuff
- hem
- hitch
- hitch on
- hobble
- hold
- hook
- hook on
- hook up
- immure
- impede
- implicate
- imprison
- incarcerate
- indenture
- intertangle
- intertwine
- interweave
- jail
- jumble
- keep under thumb
- knot
- lace
- lap
- lash
- lead on
- leash
- manacle
- mat
- moor
- muddle
- muzzle
- oppress
- paste
- peg down
- perplex
- pin
- pin down
- pinion
- put in irons
- put together
- puzzle
- ravel
- reduce
- restrain
- restrict
- rope
- rope in
- secure
- set up
- shackle
- shut in
- snag
- snare
- snarl
- stick
- strap
- subdue
- subject
- subjugate
- suppress
- swathe
- swindle
- tack on
- tangle
- tether
- tie
- tie up
- trammel
- trap
- trim
- truss
- twist
- unite
- unsettle
- wrap
- yoke
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