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单词 thralls
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thrall

1 of 2

noun

ˈthrȯl How to pronounce thrall (audio)
plural thralls
1
a
: a state of servitude or submission
usually used with in
in thrall to his emotions
b
: a state of complete absorption
usually used with in
… mountains could hold me in thrall with a subtle attraction of their own … Elyne Mitchell
2
a
: an enslaved person who performs the duties of a servant : bondman
also : serf
b
: a person in moral or mental servitude
thrall adjective
thralldom noun
or thraldom
ˈthrȯl-dəm How to pronounce thrall (audio)

thrall

2 of 2

verb

thralled; thralling; thralls

transitive verb

archaic
: enthrall, enslave

Synonyms

Noun

  • bondman
  • bondsman
  • chattel
  • slave
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Example Sentences

Noun I'm not your thrall, so you'll have to pick up after yourself. a people who still bear the scars of having been in thrall for so many years
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The music itself aligns too, with Emerson’s late-‘70s brand of soft rock and blue-eyed soul audibly in thrall to Wilson’s writing and densely layered production style. Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022 How best to counter the politics of a Republican Party in thrall to Trump is not obvious. Kim Phillips-fein, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022 It is often said that the invasion of Ukraine is a reconjuring of the spirit of Mother Russia—or the resurrection of some dead fascist thinker, such as Ivan Ilyin—to which Putin is in thrall. Thomas Geoghegan, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2022 Thomas Hart Benton, Jackson Pollock and Philip Guston were just three among hundreds of American artists who spent periods in thrall to the Mexican muralists. Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 Venice, the unchanging city, seems in the thrall of energy that is brand new. Nathan Heller, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2022 The court, for most of its history, has been very much in the thrall of economically and politically powerful groups. Kk Ottesen, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 If politicians remain in thrall to the National Rifle Assn. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2022 Stephen Mallon, a photographer in the Hudson Valley of New York, has long been in the thrall of trains, among other large machines. Terence Monmaney, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English thral, from Old English thræl, from Old Norse thræll

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined above

thralls

noun

plural of thrall
1
as in slaves
a person who is considered the property of another person I'm not your thrall, so you'll have to pick up after yourself

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • slaves
  • servants
  • bondmen
  • chattels
  • bondsmen
  • serfs
  • helots
  • menials
  • bondwomen
  • lackeys
  • handmaidens
  • domestics
  • handmaids
  • drudges
  • bondswomen
  • bond servants
  • odalisques
  • attendants
  • indentured servants

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • freemen
  • freedmen
  • slavers
  • masters
  • slaveholders
  • enslavers
  • freedwomen
  • taskmasters
  • slave drivers
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2
as in slaveries
the state of being an enslaved person a people who still bear the scars of having been in thrall for so many years

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • slaveries
  • enslavements
  • bondages
  • subjugations
  • servitudes
  • yokes
  • captivities
  • servilities
  • thraldoms
  • thralldoms
  • subjections
  • serfdoms
  • incarcerations
  • dependances
  • enchainments
  • imprisonments
  • dependences
  • peonages

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • freedoms
  • liberties
  • emancipations
  • liberations
  • manumissions
  • enfranchisements
  • autonomies
  • independences
  • sovereignties
  • sovranties
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