Defenition of the word flinch

• Defenition of the word flinch

  • draw back, as with fear
  • a reflex response to sudden pain
  • draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
  • draw back, as with fear or pain

Synonyms for the word flinch

• • balk
  • cringe
  • draw back
  • funk
  • quail
  • recoil
  • shrink
  • shy away
  • squinch
  • start
  • wince

Similar words in the flinch

• • flinch
  • flinched
  • flinches
  • flinching

Hyponyms for the word flinch

• • retract
  • shrink back

Hypernyms for the word flinch

• • jump
  • move
  • start
  • startle

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