| VERB | motion | cringe, flinch, squinch, funk, shrink, wince, recoil, quail | draw back, as with fear or pain |
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| motion | cringe, fawn, crawl, creep, cower, grovel | show submission or fear |
| Sounds | krih'njh | |
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| Rhymes | binge ... unhinge: 14 rhymes with ihnjh... | |
| Meaning | draw back, as with fear or pain. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | flinch, squinch, funk, shrink, wince, recoil, quail | |
| Narrower | shrink back, retract | pull away from a source of disgust or fear |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | contraerse, encogerse, reaccionar, recular, retroceder | |
| Catalan | acovardir-se, contreure's, encongir-se, recular, retrocedir | |
| Meaning | show submission or fear. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | fawn, crawl, creep, cower, grovel | |
| Broader | bend, flex | form a curve |
| Spanish | humillarse | |
| Catalan | arrossegar-se, arrossegar, humiliar-se | |
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