wince

wince  (wns)

intr.v. winced, winc·ing, winc·es

To shrink or start involuntarily, as in pain or distress; flinch.

n.

A shrinking or startled movement or gesture.

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[Middle English wincen, to kick, from Old North French *wencier, variant of Old French guencir, of Germanic origin.]

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wincer n.

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wince

Verb

[wincing, winced]

to draw back slightly, as if in sudden pain

Noun

the act of wincing [Old French wencier, guenchir to avoid]

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Wince of dentists—Lipton, 1970.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wince - the facial expression of sudden pain facial expression, facial gesture - a gesture executed with the facial muscles
	2.	wince - a reflex response to sudden pain flinch startle, jump, start - a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
Verb	1.	wince - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, 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
	2.	wince - make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech" grimace, make a face, pull a face - contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"

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wince

verb 1. flinch, start, shrink, cringe, quail, recoil, cower, draw back, blench

noun 2. flinch, start, cringe

Translations

wince [wɪns] vi → encogerse

wince [wɪns] n → tressaillement m

vi → tressaillir

wince [wɪns] vi → zusammenzucken

wince [wɪns] n → trasalimento, sussulto

vi → trasalire

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wince

v wince [wins]

to start or jump with pain He winced as the dentist touched his broken tooth. ineen krimp يَقْفِزُ ألَماً трепвам ucuknout krympe sig (zusammen-)zucken κάνω σύσπαση από τον πόνο retorcerse, hacer muecas de dolor võpatama, (nägu) krimpsutama از شدت درد )خود رالرزاندن و تکان دادن) vavahtaa (se) crisper לְהִתכַּווֵץ चौंक जाना trzati se, trgnuti se összerezzen mengernyit kveinka sér sobbalzare たじろぐ 주춤하다, 움츠리다 krūptelėti sarauties/saviebties no sāpēm menggerenyetkan muka ineenkrimpen ynke/krympe seg skrzywić się (z bólu), podskoczyć (z bólu) saltar a sări în sus de durere вздрагивать trhnúť sa, myknúť sa trzniti trgnuti se rycka (rysa) till สะดุ้งหนี acıyla geri çekilmek (因疼痛而)跳動 здригатися; морщитися درد کی حالت میں اچھلنا nhăn mặt （因疼痛而）跳动