flinch

flinch is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat. Face value is 14 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 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat.
2. intransitive verb. To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
3. noun. The act of flinching.
4. noun. a reflex response to sudden pain

   Synonyms: wince

5. verb. draw back, as with fear or pain

   "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

   Synonyms: cringe, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince

Synonyms

wince, cringe, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch

Common word forms

flinched, flincher, flinches, flinching

Words from these letters

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