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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]
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flinch Translations 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Every time she held the skimmer under the pump to cool it for the work her hand trembled, the ardour of his affection being so palpable that she seemed to flinch under it like a plant in too burning a sun. Malbihn saw him instantly and fired; but Baynes did not flinch or duck. He knew that he would suffer and die; but he did not flinch. |
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