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Synonyms for sprain
spreɪnsprain
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Princeton's WordNet
sprainverb
a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rickverb
twist suddenly so as to sprain
"wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"
Synonyms:
bend, wriggle, wrick, wind, deform, change state, twist, release, rick, wring, call on, worm, flex, convolute, writhe, move around, wrench, become, grow, turn, sour, sophisticate, work, curve, twist around, change by reversal, twine, distort, wrestle, turn over, reverse, plow, ferment, squirm, pervert, plough
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "sprain":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#125 | work | |
#625 | release | |
#652 | become | |
#1007 | turn | |
#1899 | wind | |
#2923 | grow | |
#3815 | reverse | |
#4858 | rick | |
#5714 | curve | |
#6506 | bend | |
#7835 | twist | |
#9001 | breach | |
#9114 | flex | |
#9158 | worm | |
#12027 | sour | |
#17309 | wrench | |
#24516 | plow | |
#29983 | plough | |
#31885 | wrestle | |
#32665 | distort | |
#34734 | pervert | |
#43915 | twine | |
#60296 | ferment | |
#61179 | sprain | |
#65958 | squirm | |
#69333 | wring | |
#78074 | deform | |
#103521 | wriggle | |
#112569 | sophisticate | |
#119181 | writhe | |
#233953 | convolute |
Translations for sprain
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- torçadaCatalan, Valencian
- vyvrtnout siCzech
- forstuvning, forstuveDanish
- verstauchen, VerstauchungGerman
- torcer, torceduraSpanish
- nyrjähdys, reväyttää, venähdys, venäyttää, revähdys, nyrjäyttääFinnish
- fouler, entorseFrench
- snìomhScottish Gaelic
- मोचHindi
- slogare, contorsione, slogaturaItalian
- 挫く, 捻挫Japanese
- takokiMāori
- verstuiken, verstuikingDutch
- растянуть, растяжение, растягиватьRussian
- burkulmaTurkish
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