flinch

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a reflex response to sudden pain
• Syn:
wince
• Derivationally related forms:
wince (for: wince)
• Hypernyms:
startle, jump, start

II - verb

draw back, as with fear or pain (Freq. 3)
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
• Syn:
squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince,
recoil, quail
• Derivationally related forms:
wince (for: wince)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Hyponyms:
shrink back, retract
• Verb Frames:
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• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  wince, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, recoil, quail