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flinch

noun

1 flinch

A reflex response to sudden pain.

synonym: wince.

Dutch: terugdeinzen
Polish: wzdrygnięcie, drgnięcie, drgnienie

verb

1 flinch

Draw back, as with fear or pain:
— She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf.

synonyms: cringe, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince.

Roget 607: change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note; abjure, renounce; withdraw from etc. (relinquish) 624; waver, vacillate; wheel round, ... show more

Roget 862: quail etc. (fear) 860; be cowardly etc. adj., be a coward etc. n.; funk; cower, skulk, ... show more

Roget 860: fear, stand in awe of; be afraid etc. adj.; have qualms etc. n.; apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance; distrust etc. (disbelieve) ... show more

Roget 623: abstain, refrain, spare, not attempt; not do etc. 681; maintain the even tenor of one's way.    eschew, keep from, let alone, have nothing to do with; keep aloof keep off, stand aloof, ... show more

Dutch: huiveren, stuipen


Moby thesaurus: avoid, avoidance, be startled, blanch, blench, blink, boggle, cower, cringe, demur, dodge, draw back, draw in, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, evasion, fade ... show more.

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