58 entries under flinch topic. ×
| reel(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) | |
| scruple(verb, cringe, unwillingness) | |
| shrink back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, return) | |
| shudder(noun, verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| grovel(verb, hide, tremble, shrink, cringe) | |
| boggle(verb, cringe) | |
| buck(noun, verb, bump, shy, jump) | |
| twitch(verb, shy, jump, bound, shrink) | |
| move back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, turn) | |
| shrink away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) | |
| bolt(verb, start, shy, jump, bound) | |
| crouch(verb, start, hide, tremble, shrink) | |
| dart(verb, shy, jump, bound, shrink) | |
| huddle(verb, cringe) | |
| jump the gun(verb, expression, idiom, shy, jump) | |
| refuse(verb, resist, hesitate, cringe) | |
| slink(verb, cringe) | |
| startle(verb, start, shy, jump, bound) |
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