Recoiling

Synonyms for "recoiling" (32 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Verb(4 words)
backward displacementbackward movebackward movementbackward-moving

Strong matches (9)

Verb(8 words)
cringecringingflinchflinchingjerk backkick backrearward motionrebound

Related words (16)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

13 entries
attitude changebehavioral descriptordisplacementemotional responseemotional statekinematic descriptorkinematicsmotionphysical propertyphysical reactionpsychological reactionreactionresponse

More specific

20 entries
coweringcringecringingflinchinggun kickgun recoiljerk backmolecular recoilmoral recoilmuzzle risenuclear recoilparticle recoilshrink backshrinkingshuddersnapback

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Collocations

16 entries
gun recoilkickbackmeasured recoilingmuzzle jumprapid recoilingrecoil energyrecoil impulserecoil velocityrecoiling amplituderecoiling behaviorrecoiling from fearrecoiling gesturerecoiling motionrecoiling nucleussignificant recoilingsudden recoiling

Inflections

5 entries
more recoilingmost recoilingrecoiledrecoilingsrecoils

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Recoiling in dismay from the difficulties presented by the study of mathematics and annoyed at his slow progress, he inquired of the celebrated geometer if there was not some royal road, could he not learn geometry more easily than by studying the Elements.

Source: tatoeba (11842963)

And as long as these inward Rejolts and Recoilings of the Mind continue (which they will certainly do for a considerable Part of a Man's Life) the Sinner will find his Accounts of Pleasure very poor and short […]

Source: wiktionary

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