flinchverb [ I ]
usuk/flɪntʃ/to make a sudden, small movement because of pain or fear:
He didn't even flinch when the nurse cleaned the wound.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making short, sudden movements
- aquiver
- convulse
- convulsion
- convulsive
- cringe
- flick
- jig
- jiggle
- jolt
- judder
- leap
- palpitate
- pull away
- quiver
- shivery
- shrink
- tremulous
- whip
- worry at sth
- wriggle
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Phrasal verb(s)
flinch from sth/doing sth