flinch
1verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
Origin of flinch
1Synonyms for flinch
flinch
2verb (used with object)
Related Words for flinch
blanch, balk, cower, blink, recoil, cringe, swerve, crouch, escape, avoid, retire, recede, evade, elude, start, eschew, blench, withdraw, duck, shunExamples from the Web for flinch
Contemporary Examples of flinch
Kenyatta made a Bush-like vow to continue the war on Al-Shabab, saying, “We will not flinch.”
We pressed here and watched it kick and then we pressed there and watched it flinch.
But even his biggest defenders will flinch at the assaults, sexual or not, that Joe has to endure in Nymphomaniac.
Many young men will risk death rather than be seen by their peers to flinch from a fight.
The familiar tone of wary bewilderment made me flinch a little.
Historical Examples of flinch
His duty lay very plain before him, and he would not flinch.
Southern Lights and ShadowsVarious
Not this time would I flinch from what consequences might follow.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
The perfume of violet scent was almost unbearable, but he did not flinch.
The AvengerE. Phillips Oppenheim
Yet she did not flinch, nor did a single symptom of panic or fear cross her face.
Louisiana LouWilliam West Winter
It was a painful journey downstairs, but Polly did not flinch.
Polly of Lady Gay CottageEmma C. Dowd