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flinch
(fl/I/n/tS/ )

noun (n)

  • a reflex response to sudden pain(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    wince
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of flinching.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • draw back, as with fear or pain(verb.motion)
    Example:
    She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf.
    Synonym:
    cringe, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince
    source: wordnet30
  • To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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