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- Thesaurus|179
- Abbreviations|0
28 entries under flinch topic. ×
| blench(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| draw back(verb, expression, withdraw, return, retreat) | |
| hang back(verb, expression, follow, pull, hesitate) | |
| pull back(verb, expression, withdraw, return, retreat) | |
| recoil(verb, withdraw, return, retreat, dodge) | |
| cringe(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| fall back(verb, expression, return, follow, stick) | |
| quail(verb, withdraw, return, retreat, dodge) | |
| retreat(verb, withdraw, return, dodge, recoil) | |
| shrink(verb, withdraw, return, retreat, dodge) | |
| wince(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| back away(verb, expression, withdraw, return, retreat) | |
| shy away(verb, expression, withdraw, return, follow) | |
| withdraw(verb, return, retreat, dodge, recoil) | |
| back off(verb, expression, return, retreat, recoil) | |
| boggle(verb, recoil, cringe) | |
| cower(verb, recoil, cringe) | |
| crouch(verb, recoil, cringe) | |
| demur(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, recoil) | |
| grovel(verb, recoil, cringe) |
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