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Detailed Synonyms for flinch in English

flinch:

to flinch verb (flinches, flinched, flinching)

  1. to flinch
    to flinch; to falter; to become disheartened; to become dispirited; to despond; to become despondent
  2. to flinch
    – draw back, as with fear or pain 1
    to shrink; to recoil; to flinch; funk; quail; wince; cringe; squinch
    – draw back, as with fear or pain 1
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • recoil verb (recoils, recoiled, recoiling)
    • flinch verb (flinches, flinched, flinching)
      • she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf1
    • funk verb
    • quail verb
    • wince verb
    • cringe verb
    • squinch verb

Conjugations for flinch:

present
  1. flinch
  2. flinch
  3. flinches
  4. flinch
  5. flinch
  6. flinch
simple past
  1. flinched
  2. flinched
  3. flinched
  4. flinched
  5. flinched
  6. flinched
present perfect
  1. have flinched
  2. have flinched
  3. has flinched
  4. have flinched
  5. have flinched
  6. have flinched
past continuous
  1. was flinching
  2. were flinching
  3. was flinching
  4. were flinching
  5. were flinching
  6. were flinching
future
  1. shall flinch
  2. will flinch
  3. will flinch
  4. shall flinch
  5. will flinch
  6. will flinch
continuous present
  1. am flinching
  2. are flinching
  3. is flinching
  4. are flinching
  5. are flinching
  6. are flinching
subjunctive
  1. be flinched
  2. be flinched
  3. be flinched
  4. be flinched
  5. be flinched
  6. be flinched
diverse
  1. flinch!
  2. let's flinch!
  3. flinched
  4. flinching
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

flinch [the ~] noun

  1. the flinch
    – a reflex response to sudden pain 1
    the flinch; the wince
    – a reflex response to sudden pain 1

Related Words for "flinch":

  • flinching

Alternate Synonyms for "flinch":


Related Definitions for "flinch":

  1. a reflex response to sudden pain1
  2. draw back, as with fear or pain1
    • she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf1