All flinch synonyms
flinch
F f verb flinch
- blanch — If you blanch, you suddenly become very pale.
- balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
- cower — If you cower, you bend forward and downwards because you are very frightened.
- blink — When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again.
- recoil — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- cringe — If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.
- swerve — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- crouch — If you are crouching, your legs are bent under you so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly.
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- retire — a movement in which the dancer brings one foot to the knee of the supporting leg and then returns it to the fifth position.
- recede — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- blench — to shy away, as in fear; quail
- withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- duck — any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- quail — a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
- shirk — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
- flee — to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
- shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- draw back — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- baulk — the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion
- elude — Evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way.
- escape — An act of breaking free from confinement or control.
- eschew — Deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
- evade — Escape or avoid, esp. by cleverness or trickery.