am recoiling

• present progressive

  present progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.

  of recoil (1st person singular).
  recoil

  verb (used without object)

  to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.

Related Words

• backfire
• balk
• blanch
• blink
• cringe
• demur
• flinch
• hesitate
• reel
• shudder
• tremble
• turn away
• waver
• wince