flinch | English to English Dictionary

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flinch

(fl/I/n/tS/ )

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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