wince
v.
flinch, recoil (especially from pain or fear); cringe, involuntarily make a face in response to surprise (or embarrassment, etc.)
n.
flinch, start; shrinking movement, recoil, cringe
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wince
Noun
1. the facial expression of sudden pain
(hypernym) facial expression, facial gesture
(derivation) flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, recoil, quail
2. a reflex response to sudden pain
(synonym) flinch
(hypernym) startle, jump, start
(derivation) flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, recoil, quail
Verb
1. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
(synonym) flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, recoil, quail
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) shrink back, retract
2. make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"
(hypernym) grimace, make a face, pull a face
Wince
(v. i.)
To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
(v. i.)
To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces.
(n.)
The act of one who winces.
(n.)
A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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wince
Synonyms and related words:
ache, agonize, ail, anguish, avoid, avoidance, blanch, blench, blink, boggle, cower, cringe, demur, dodge, draw back, draw in, duck, evade, evasion, fade, fall back, fallback, falter, feel pain, feel the pangs, fight shy of, flinch, funk, grimace, hang back, hang off, have a misery, have qualms, hesitate, hold off, hurt, jib, make bones about, pause, pound, pull back, pull in, pull out, pullback, pullout, quail, recoil, reel back, retract, retreat, scruple, sheer, sheer off, shoot, shrink, shrink back, shy, shy at, sidestep, sidestepping, smart, squinch, start, start aside, start back, stick at, stickle, strain, suffer, swerve, thrill, throb, tingle, turn, turn aside, twinge, twitch, waver, weasel, weasel out, withdraw, writhe
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.