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recoilverb to draw back in fear, pain, or disgustthe social worker tried not to recoil from the sight of the cockroach in the bathtub blench, cringe, flinch, quail, 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 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 14th century |