English > flinch: 2 senses > verb 1, motion| Meaning | draw back, as with fear or pain. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Example | "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" |
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| Synonyms | squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail |
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| Narrower | shrink back, retract | pull away from a source of disgust or fear |
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| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
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| Spanish | contraerse, encogerse, reaccionar, recular, retroceder |
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| Catalan | acovardir-se, contreure's, encongir-se, recular, retrocedir |
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| Nouns | flinch | a reflex response to sudden pain |
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