wince

wince

 (wĭns)

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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winc′er n.

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wince

(wɪns)

vb

(intr) to start slightly, as with sudden pain; flinch

n

the act of wincing

[C18 (earlier (C13) meaning: to kick): via Old French wencier, guenchir to avoid, from Germanic; compare Old Saxon wenkian, Old High German wenken]

ˈwincer n

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wince

(wɪns)

n

(Dyeing) a roller for transferring pieces of cloth between dyeing vats

[C17: variant of winch]

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wince

(wɪns)

v. winced, winc•ing,
n. v.i.

1. to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.

n.

2. a wincing or shrinking movement; slight start.

[1250–1300; Middle English winsen, variant of winchen,wenchen to kick < Anglo-French *wenc(h)ier, Old French guenc(h)ier < Germanic; compare wench, winch]

winc′er, n.

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Wince

 of dentists—Lipton, 1970.

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wince

Past participle: winced
Gerund: wincing

Imperative

wince

wince

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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 He tightened his grip on her arm until she winced in pain.

noun

1. flinch, start, cringe She winced at the memory of their first date.

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wince

verb

To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust:

blench, cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, shy, start.

noun

An act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion:

cringe, flinch, recoil, shrink.

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Translations

يَقْفِزُ ألَماً

krympe sig

zuckenzusammenzucken

μορφασμός

frémirfrissonner

összerezzen

kveinka sér

sobbalzaresussulto

sarauties/saviebties no sāpēm

samenkrimpensamentrekkensamentrekkingstuipstuipen

ynke seg

acıyla geri çekilmek

因痛苦苦恼等畏缩面部肌肉抽动

wince

[wɪns]

A. N [of revulsion] → mueca f; [of pain] → mueca f de dolor
he said with a wince → dijo con una mueca

B. VI (= shudder) → estremecerse
he winced in pain → hizo una mueca de dolor
he winced at the thought of dining with Camilla → la idea de cenar con Camilla le hacía estremecer

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wince

[ˈwɪns]

n → grimace f

vi → grimacer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wince

n → (Zusammen)zucken nt; ouch, he said with a wince → autsch, sagte er und zuckte zusammen; to give a wince (of pain) → (vor Schmerz) zusammenzucken

vi → zusammenzucken

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wince

[wɪns]

1. n to give a wince → rabbrividire; (grimace) → smorfia

2. vi → rabbrividire; (grimace) → fare una smorfia (di dolore)
he winced at the thought → rabbrividì al pensiero

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wince

(wins) verb

to start or jump with pain. He winced as the dentist touched his broken tooth. ineen krimp يَقْفِزُ ألَماً трепвам recuar / encolher ucuknout zucken krympe sig κάνω σύσπαση από τον πόνο retorcerse, hacer muecas de dolor võpatama, (nägu) krimpsutama از شدت درد )خود رالرزاندن و تکان دادن) irvistää crisper לְהִתכַּווֵץ चौंक जाना trzati se, trgnuti se összerezzen mengernyit kveinka sér sobbalzare たじろぐ 주춤하다 krūptelėti sarauties/saviebties no sāpēm menggerenyetkan muka ineenkrimpen ynke/krympe seg skrzywić się, podskoczyć ټكان خوړل، غونجيدل، ترېدل (تورېدل) په شاتلل saltar a sări în sus de durere вздрагивать trhnúť sa, myknúť sa trzniti trgnuti se rycka (rysa) till สะดุ้งหนี acıyla geri çekilmek 因疼痛畏縮，臉部肌肉抽動 здригатися; морщитися درد کی حالت میں اچھلنا nhăn mặt 因痛苦，苦恼等畏缩，面部肌肉抽动

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