Is There Such a Word as Refrained?

: to keep from giving in to a desire or impulse I wanted to laugh but refrained.

Is refrain a strong word?

Two different words are by definition not interchangeable for everything. Beyond that, refrain from refers to not doing something. Avoiding something is not the same. Avoiding doing something is less strong/absolute than refraining from doing it.

What is the right word for refrain?

In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for refrain, like: avoid, tune, hold off, chorus, do, withhold, forgo, cease, restrain, go-ahead and inhibit.