flinch

flinch  (flnch)

intr.v. flinched, flinch·ing, flinch·es

1. To start or wince involuntarily, as from surprise or pain.

2. To recoil, as from something unpleasant or difficult; shrink.

n.

An act or instance of starting, wincing, or recoiling.

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[Obsolete French flenchir, of Germanic origin.]

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flincher n.

flinching·ly adv.

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flinch

Verb

1. to draw back suddenly from pain or something unpleasant

2. flinch from to avoid: I wouldn't flinch from saying that to his face [Old French flenchir]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flinch - a reflex response to sudden pain wince startle, jump, start - a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
Verb	1.	flinch - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" cringe, funk, quail, recoil, wince, shrink, squinch move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" shrink back, retract - pull away from a source of disgust or fear

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flinch

verb 1. wince, start, duck, shrink, cringe, quail, recoil, cower, blench

verb 2. (often with from) shy away, shrink, withdraw, flee, retreat, back off, swerve, shirk, draw back, baulk

Translations

flinch [flɪntʃ] vi → encogerse

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flinch [flɪntʃ] vi → tressaillir;

to flinch from → se dérober à, reculer devant

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flinch [flɪntʃ] vi → zusammenzucken;

to flinch from → zurückschrecken vor +dat

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flinch [flɪntʃ] vi → ritirarsi;

to flinch from → tirarsi indietro di fronte a

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flinch

v flinch [flintʃ]

to make a sudden movement back or away in fear, pain etc He flinched away from the sudden heat. terugdeins يُحْجِم، يَجْفَل، يَتَراجَع потрепервам ucuknout uskočit vige tilbage zurückzucken τραβιέμαι απότομα encogerse, estremecerse tagasi põrkama خود را عقب کشیدن vavahtaa tressaillir לְהֵירָתַע कराहना, घबरा जाना ustuknuti, lecnuti se megrándul; visszaretten; meghátrál mundur hörfa; kveinka sér, kippast við ritirarsi, sottrarsi たじろぐ 겁먹고 물러서다, 주춤하다 krūptelėti, atšokti sarauties (no sāpēm u.tml.); izvairīties menyentak terugdeinzen vike tilbake (for), krympe seg ved wzdrygać się, drgnąć, odskoczyć encolher-se a tresări вздрагивать cúvnuť odskočiti trgnuti se rygga tillbaka, rycka till ผงะ korkuyla geri çekilmek 畏縮 ухилятися; здригатися دہکنا chùn bước; nao núng 畏缩