wince

wince is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
2. intransitive verb. To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces.
3. noun. The act of one who winces.
4. noun. A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will.
5. noun. a reflex response to sudden pain

   Synonyms: flinch

6. noun. the facial expression of sudden pain
7. verb. make a face indicating disgust or dislike

   "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"

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

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

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

Synonyms

flinch, cringe, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch

Common word forms

winced, wincer, winces, wincing

Words from these letters

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