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  • as infetters
  • as inhandcuffs
  • as iniron

synonyms for cuffs

  • bonds
  • captivity
  • chains
  • check
  • curb
  • handcuffs
  • hindrance
  • irons
  • manacles
  • obstruction
  • restraint
  • shackles
  • trammels
  • bilboes
On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cuffs, such as: bonds, captivity, chains, check, curb, and handcuffs.

antonyms for cuffs

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  • aid
  • assistance
  • encouragement
  • freedom
  • help
  • liberation
  • promotion
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      How to use cuffs in a sentence

      There are no chains to my prison, no steel cuffs to gall the limbs, no guards to threaten and cow me.
      THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYD
      Locked in his office, he is occupied from morning till evening in the manufacture of shirt-fronts, collars, and cuffs of paper.
      THE NABOBALPHONSE DAUDET
      She dressed in simple lines and quiet tones, dark blues and black, with only a broad lace collar and cuffs in neat relief.
      THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSON
      Harvey glanced rather contemptuously at the lean, attenuated arm that the other displayed, where he had rolled his cuffs back.
      THE RIVAL CAMPERS AFLOATRUEL PERLEY SMITH
      I suppose I interrupted Scott at some critical performance, for he came to me with his coat-cuffs turned up and no wristbands on.
      JOHNNY LUDLOW, FOURTH SERIESMRS. HENRY WOOD
      He was trembling from head to foot, clutching and unclutching his hands in the fine lace at his cuffs.
      THE RAKE'S PROGRESSMARJORIE BOWEN
      From head to foot he was attired in this color, except where the white cuffs and collar and shirt front showed through.
      THE LETTERS OF AMBROSE BIERCEAMBROSE BIERCE
      The cuffs and collar must be of plain linen, no color or flutter of ribbon being anywhere permissible.
      HORSEMANSHIP FOR WOMENTHEODORE HOE MEAD
      At that moment came a knock on the door, and a tall youth, wearing an unusually high collar and very large cuffs, came in.
      THE ROVER BOYS ON THE FARMARTHUR M. WINFIELD (AKA EDWARD STRATEMEYER)
      But when it came to small accessories, such as cuffs and ornaments, embroideries and decorations, ah!
      AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES WITH FAMILY LETTERS AND NOTES ON MUSICCHARLES GOUNOD
      SYNONYM OF THE DAY
      OCTOBER 26, 1985
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      capacitor

      WORDS RELATED TO CUFFS

      • bilboes
      • bonds
      • captivity
      • chains
      • checks
      • cuffs
      • curbs
      • handcuffs
      • hindrances
      • irons
      • manacles
      • obstructions
      • restraints
      • shackles
      • trammels
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