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   Wince

   /wins/

   

   verb

   • 1. give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress: "he winced at the disgust in her voice"

   noun

   • 1. a slight grimace or shrinking movement caused by pain or distress.

   Word Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘kick restlessly from pain or impatience’): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French guenchir ‘turn aside’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wincer noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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