Flinch

/flɪnt͡ʃ/

Synonyms for "flinch" (124 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(4 words)

wince blenching cowards cringing

avoid avoidance balkbe startledblackjack blanch blench blink boggle bridge cower cringe crouch demur

Verb(7 words)

blenched blenches chickened cowered cringe cringed cringes

Strong matches (37)

dodgedraw backdraw indread duck elude escape eschew evade evasion fadefall backfallback falterfight shyfight shy offunk gamehang backhang off

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have qualmshesitatehold offjib jumpjump a milemake bones aboutpausepull backpull inpull outpullback pullout

Verb(2 words)

funk jumped

Noun(2 words)

hesitate hesitation

Related words (62)

quail recede recoil reelreel backretire retract retreat scruplesheer offshrinkshrink backshrink fromshun shyshy atsidestep sidestepping squinch start

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start asidestart backstartlestick atstickle strain swerveturn asidewaver weaselweasel outwince withdraw writhe

Verb(10 words)

quail recoil recoiled recoiling shied shies shrink squinch wince winced

Noun(18 words)

quails recoil reluctance reticence shirk shrink shrinks shuddershy awayshy fromshying startles twitch wimp wimps winces withdrawal wusses

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

avoidancebehavioral responseemotional responsejump move movementphysical reactionreact start startle

More specific

9 entries

dodging hesitation recoil reluctanceshrinking backshuddershying awaytwitch withdrawal

Collocations

9 entries

abrupt flinchflinch atflinch frominvoluntary flinchminor flinchsharp flinchslight flinchsudden flinchvisible flinch

Inflections

3 entries

flinched flinches flinching

Derivations

6 entries

flinched flincher flinches flinching flinchingly unflinching

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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He is not such a man as to flinch from danger.

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Tom didn't flinch.

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Tom didn't even flinch.

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This made me flinch.

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