flinch (v)
squinch (v)
funk (v)
cringe#1 (v)
shrink (v)
wince (v)
recoil (v)
quail (v)

v02061069

type v
lex_filenum 38
def draw back, as with fear or pain
examples she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
Outgoing links
Hypernym move
Derivationally related form wince → wince; wince → wince
Derivationally related form flinch → flinch
Hyponym shrink back, retract
Incoming links
Derivationally related form flinch → flinch
Derivationally related form wince → wince; wince → wince
Hyponym move
Hypernym shrink back, retract

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