clenched

Speech parts

1. clenched - Adjective

2. clenched - Verb

3. clenched - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

closed or squeezed together tightly

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

tight holden clinch serried gripped clinched

Antonyms

unbound untied saved liberated emancipated cleared
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Phrases with the word

clenched hand fist clenched clenched lapstrake

Examples

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. George Jean Nathan

We hold each other's lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists. Lloyd Alexander

India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi

Socialists cry "Power to the people", and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean-power over people, power to the State. Margaret Thatcher

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. Greek Proverb

Close letter words and terms

clench clench-built clenchable clenched fist clenched hand clenched lapstrake