Blench

//blɛnt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "blench" (82 found)

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ache agonize ail anguish avoid blanch bleach blink boggle cheat cower cringe decolor decolorize demur

Verb(2 words)

blanch cheat

Strong matches (24)

Related words (41)

Verb(2 words)

pale shy away

pause pound pull back quail recoil reel reel back retreat scruple sheer off shoot shrink shrink back shy shy at sidestep smart squinch start start aside

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start back stick at stickle strain suffer swerve thrill throb tingle turn aside twinge twitch waver weasel weasel out white whiten wince writhe

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color colour discolor discolour

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pale

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blench holding unblenching

derived

3 entries

blencher unblenched unblenching

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19 entries

avoid blanch cheat deceit deceive deny disconcert elude flinch foil give way glance hinder obstruct quail shrink

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Blench not at thy chosen lot.

Source: wiktionary

This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfilment.

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Suddenly the great beast beat its hideous wings. […] Again it leaped into the air, and then swiftly fell down upon Éowyn, shrieking, striking with beak and claw. Still she did not blench: maiden of the Rohirrim, child of kings […]

Source: wiktionary

Even a case-hardened monorailist must blench at the thought of the storm such a proposition would create.

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