am wincing

• present progressive

  present progressive

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

  of wince (1st person singular).
  wince

  verb (used without object)

  to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.

Related Words

• back off
• blanch
• cower
• cringe
• flinch
• grimace
• recoil