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   Re·coil

   verb

   • 1. suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust: "he recoiled in horror" Similar draw backjump backspring backjerk backpull backflinchshy awayshrink (back)blenchstartwincecowerquail
   • ▪ feel fear, horror, or disgust at the thought or prospect of something; shrink mentally: "Renee felt herself recoil at the very thought" Similar feel revulsion atfeel disgust atfeel abhorrence atbe unable to bearbe unable to stomachshrink fromshy away frombalk athesitate at
   • ▪ (of a gun) move abruptly backward as a reaction on firing a bullet, shell, or other missile. Similar kick (back)jerk backspring backfly backjump back
   • ▪ rebound or spring back through force of impact or elasticity: "the muscle has the ability to recoil"
   • ▪ (of an action) have an adverse reactive effect on (the originator): "the soothsayers agreed that all the dangers would recoil on the heads of those who were in possession of the entrails" Similar rebound oncome back onaffect badlymisfirebackfireboomeranggo wrongfail to work outbe unsuccessfulgo amisscome to griefmeet with disasterarchaic:redound on

   noun

   • 1. the action of recoiling: "his body jerked with the recoil of the rifle"

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting the act of retreating): from Old French reculer ‘move back’, based on Latin culus ‘buttocks’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. recoilless adjective

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   • Get a quick, free translation! recoil meaning: to react to something with fear or hate: . Learn more.

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   What is a good word for recoil?

   • 1. jerk back, pull back, flinch, quail, kick, react, rebound, spring back, resile I recoiled in horror. 2. draw back, shrink, falter, shy away, flinch, quail, balk at People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt.

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   How do you use recoil in a sentence?

   • 2. draw back, shrink, falter, shy away, flinch, quail, balk at People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt. 1. jerking back, reaction, pulling back, flinching, quailing, springing back His reaction was as much a rebuff as a physical recoil. 2. kickback, kick The policeman fires again, tensed against the recoil.

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   What does recoil in horror mean?

   • I recoiled in horror. If you recoil from doing something or recoil at the idea of something, you refuse to do it or accept it because you dislike it so much. People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins! Collins! 1. a. b. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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   RECOIL meaning: to react to something with fear or hate: . Learn more.

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   Recoil definition: to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust. See examples of RECOIL used in a sentence.

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   Synonym Discussion of Recoil. to fall back under pressure; to shrink back physically or emotionally; to spring back to or as if to a starting point : rebound… See the full definition

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   Define recoil. recoil synonyms, recoil pronunciation, recoil translation, English dictionary definition of recoil. intr.v. re·coiled , re·coil·ing , re·coils 1.

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   recoil definition: to react to something with fear or hate: . Learn more.

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   recoil. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Weapons re‧coil /rɪˈkɔɪl/ verb [ intransitive] 1 to move back suddenly and quickly from something you do not like or are afraid of recoil from/at She recoiled from his touch as if she had been slapped. 2 to feel such a strong dislike of a particular situation that you ...