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   Flinch

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   verb

   • 1. make a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise: "she flinched at the acidity in his voice" Similar wincestartshy (away)recoilshrinkpull backback awayshy awaydraw backwithdrawblenchcringesquirmquivershuddershivertremblequakeshakequailcowerwaverfalterhesitateget cold feetblanchOpposite stand firm
   • ▪ avoid doing or becoming involved in (something) through fear or anxiety: "I rarely flinch from a fight when I'm sure of myself" Similar shrinkrecoilshy awayturn awayswervehang backdemurdodgeevadeavoidduckbalk atjib atquail atfight shy ofinformal:boggle at

   noun

   • 1. an act of flinching: "“Don't call me that,” he said with a flinch"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘slink or sneak off’): from Old French flenchir ‘turn aside’, of West Germanic origin and related to German lenken ‘to guide, steer’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. flincher noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   • Some common synonyms of flinch are blench, quail, recoil, shrink, and wince. While all these words mean "to draw back in fear or distaste," flinch...
   • While in some cases nearly identical to flinch, blench implies fainthearted flinching. // stood their ground without blenching
   • The words quail and flinch are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, quail suggests shrinking and cowering in fear. // quailed before th...
   • In some situations, the words recoil and flinch are roughly equivalent. However, recoil implies a start or movement away through shock, fear, or di...
   • While the synonyms shrink and flinch are close in meaning, shrink suggests an instinctive recoil through sensitiveness, scrupulousness, or cowardic...
   • Although the words wince and flinch have much in common, wince suggests a slight involuntary physical reaction (such as a start or recoiling). // w...

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   What is another word for Flinch?

   • Some common synonyms of flinch are blench, quail, recoil, shrink, and wince. While all these words mean "to draw back in fear or distaste," flinch implies a failure to endure pain or face something dangerous or frightening with resolution. When can blench be used instead of flinch?

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   • How is the word flinch distinct from other similar verbs? Some common synonyms of flinch are blench, quail, recoil, shrink, and wince. While all these words mean "to draw back in fear or distaste," flinch implies a failure to endure pain or face something dangerous or frightening with resolution.

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   What rhymes with Flinch?

   • Words and phrases that rhyme with flinch: (50 results) 1 syllable: c-in-c, chinch, chinche, cinch, clinch, finch, ginch, grinch, hinch, inch, kinch, linch, lynch, minch, ninch, pinch, pinche, quinch, sinch, skinch, slinch, squinch, synch, tinch, winch.

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   What does it mean if you Flinch?

   • If you flinch, you make a small sudden movement, especially when something surprises you or hurts you. Murat had looked into the eyes of the firing squad without flinching. [VERB] The sharp surface of the rock caught at her skin, making her flinch. [VERB]

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