The populace was in thrall to the dictator's whims.
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Thrall
//θɹɔl//
Synonyms for "thrall" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (31)
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1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- роб noun (one who is enslaved)
- робство noun (the state of being enslaved)
Catalan
1 entries- esclau noun (one who is enslaved)
Czech
3 entries- otroctví noun (the state of being enslaved)
- područí noun (the state of being enslaved)
- poroba noun (the state of being enslaved)
Danish
2 entries- træl noun (one who is enslaved)
- trældom noun (the state of being enslaved)
Dutch
2 entries- lijfeigene noun (one who is enslaved)
- slaaf noun (one who is enslaved)
French
4 entries- emprise noun (the state of being enslaved)
- esclave noun (one who is enslaved)
- servant noun (one who is enslaved)
- servitude noun (the state of being enslaved)
German
2 entries- Leibeigene noun (one who is enslaved)
- Leibeigenschaft noun (the state of being enslaved)
Hungarian
4 entries- rab noun (one who is enslaved)
- rabszolga noun (one who is enslaved)
- rabszolgaság noun (the state of being enslaved)
- rabság noun (the state of being enslaved)
Italian
1 entries- essere schiavo noun (one who is enslaved)
Macedonian
4 entries- пленик noun (one who is enslaved)
- пленство noun (the state of being enslaved)
- подјарменост noun (the state of being enslaved)
- роб noun (one who is enslaved)
Manx
1 entries- sleab noun (one who is enslaved)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- trell noun (one who is enslaved)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- træl noun (one who is enslaved)
Occitan
4 entries- esclau noun (one who is enslaved)
- esclava noun (one who is enslaved)
- jo noun (the state of being enslaved)
- servitud noun (the state of being enslaved)
Portuguese
3 entries- escravo noun (one who is enslaved)
- jugo noun (the state of being enslaved)
- servo noun (one who is enslaved)
Russian
4 entries- невольник noun (one who is enslaved)
- плен noun (the state of being enslaved)
- ра́бство noun (the state of being enslaved)
- раб noun (one who is enslaved)
Spanish
2 entries- esclavizado noun (the state of being enslaved)
- esclavo noun (one who is enslaved)
Swedish
2 entries- träl noun (one who is enslaved)
- träldom noun (the state of being enslaved)
Welsh
2 entries- caethferch noun (one who is enslaved)
- caethwas noun (one who is enslaved)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Then with lowly downcast eye / she dropped her voice, and softly made reply. / "Ah! happy maid of Priam, doomed instead / at Troy upon a foeman's tomb to die! / Not drawn by lot for servitude, nor led / a captive thrall, like me, to grace a conqueror's bed."
Source: tatoeba (7050660)
I was surprised by how completely in thrall she was to him.
Source: tatoeba (12486252)
I was surprised to find out how completely in thrall she is to him.
Source: tatoeba (12486255)
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