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blenchverb1 to draw back in fear, pain, or disgustshe blenched from the horrible sight cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince blanch, pale, whitenquake, quiver, shake, shudder, tremblecrouchjerk, start, twitchrecede, retire, retreat, withdrawfalter, hesitate, reel, waver advance, approach, nearbeard, challenge, confront, defy, face blenchverb2to make white or whiter by removing colorwe'll have to blench the sheets with bleach to restore that snow-white look blanch, bleach, decolorize, dull, fade, pale, snow, wash out, whiten brighten, lightendim, mat(also matte or matt)etiolatewhitewashfrost, silver darken, deepen, embrown blackenblotch, checker, dapple, daub, discolor, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, shade, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, streak, striate, stripe, tarnish, variegatecolor, dye, paint, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tintburnish, polish, shine v.recoil, shrink, flinch, wince, blench, quail mean to draw back in fear or distaste.recoil implies a start or movement away through shock, fear, or disgust.recoiled at the suggestion of stealing shrink suggests an instinctive recoil through sensitiveness, scrupulousness, or cowardice.shrank from the unpleasant truth flinch implies a failure to endure pain or face something dangerous or frightening with resolution.faced her accusers without flinching wince suggests a slight involuntary physical reaction (such as a start or recoiling).winced in pain blench implies fainthearted flinching.stood their ground without blenching quail suggests shrinking and cowering in fear.quailed before the apparition in the 13th century |