Word "FLINCH" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
draw back, as with fear or pain
Synonyms:
cringe, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince
Examples:
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a reflex response to sudden pain
Synonyms:
wince

Crossword Clues for FLINCH

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Shrink back or recoil in fear while watching a suspense-filled scene in a horror movie
Wince shown by female left in clubhouse (6)
Shrink back when songbird gels left inside (6)
Shrink back or recoil in fear while watching a suspense-filled scene in a horror movie
Wince when apprentice stuffs bird (6)
Start following line in clubhouse (6)
Shrink back in pain or fear(6)
Shrink back from pain (6)
Bird that swallows last of cereal may start (6)
Shrink back when Flora begins to measure up (6)
Shrink back when songbird gets left inside (6) Puzzler Cryptic 04 Jan 2025
Recoil at bird eating locust's head (6)
Wince as bird eats 50 (6)
Shrink back from bird crossing lake The Telegraph Toughie 08 Nov 2024
Odd parts of film in clubhouse making one wince (6)
Shrink back in pain(6)
A reflex response to sudden fright or pain (6)
Small bird providing nest for large quail (6)
Shy away, wince
Shrink back when songbird gets left inside (6) Puzzler Cryptic 11 May 2024
Shrink back or recoil in fear while watching a suspense-filled scene in a horror movie
Quail, bird that enthrals student (6)
"Quail is a bird", left in (6)
Back away from fighter left in clubhouse (6)
Shrink from pain (6)
Shy away from a bird outside Leatherhead (6)
Draw back in fear, pain (6)
Pull back in pain (6)
Wince with fellow left in cold here before vanishing (6)
Shrink back in pain (6)
Quail The Telegraph Quick 29 Oct 2023
Shift involuntarily The Times Concise 27 Oct 2023
Recoil The Guardian Quick 05 Oct 2023
Shrink back The Times Concise 27 Oct 2022
Wince, seeing winger trap top of leg
Songbird circling large quail The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Oct 2021
Start of line crossed by bird
Shrink The Telegraph Quick 05 Aug 2021
Bird seen round loch is quail
Wince Premier Sunday 21 Feb 2021
Quail's Florida measure
Bird going round lake is quail
Quail is a bird seen around lake
Draw back New York Times 30 Aug 2019
Draw back and head of lion seized by bird
Recoil The Times Concise 09 Jun 2019
Draw back
Draw back with pain Irish Times Simplex 22 Aug 2018
Draw back Thomas Joseph 12 Jun 2018
Jerk produced note left in church Irish Times Crosaire 09 Sep 2017
Bird circling lake, quail
Shrink back LA Times Daily 26 Jul 2016
Recoil slightly, as from an oncoming punch New York Times 11 Jul 2016
Recoil slightly, as from an oncoming punch
Shrink back
Start from Florida and move slowly
Grosbeak, for one, seizes large quail
Shrink back (out of pain/fear) The Times Concise 13 Aug 2015
Reflex response to a sudden pain
Start
Shrink
Recoil
React defensively
Show pain
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