blench

blench is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, transitive/intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.
2. intransitive verb. To fly off; to turn aside.
3. transitive verb. To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder.
4. transitive verb. To draw back from; to deny from fear.
5. noun. A looking aside or askance.
6. transitive/intransitive verb. To grow or make pale.
7. verb. turn pale, as if in fear

   Synonyms: blanch, pale

Synonyms

blanch, pale

Common word forms

blenched, blencher, blenches, blenching

Words from these letters

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