| Main Entry: | blench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flinch |
Synonyms: |
cringe, draw back, quail, quaver, recoil, shake, shrink, shrink back, shudder, shy away, tremble, wince |
| Main Entry: | bleach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | whiten |
Synonyms: |
achromatize, blanch, blench, decolor, decolorize, etiolate, fade, grow pale, lighten, make pale, peroxide, wash out |
Antonyms: |
blacken, darken, yellow |
| Main Entry: | cower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, hover in fear |
Synonyms: |
apple-polish, blench, bootlick, brownnose, cringe, crouch, draw back, fawn, flinch, grovel, honey*, kowtow, quail, recoil, shrink, skulk, sneak, toady, tremble, truckle, wince |
Antonyms: |
come out |
| Main Entry: | cringe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flinch, recoil from danger |
Synonyms: |
blench, cower, crawl, crouch, dodge, draw back, duck, eat dirt, grovel, kneel, quail, quiver, shrink, shy, start, stoop, tremble, wince |
Antonyms: |
come forward |
| Main Entry: | fade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose color |
Synonyms: |
achromatize, become colorless, blanch, bleach, blench, clear, decolorize, dim, disappear, discolor, dissolve, dull, etiolate, evanish, evaporate, grow dim, lose brightness, lose luster, muddy, neutralize, pale, tarnish, tone down, vanish, wash out |
Antonyms: |
brighten, color, sharpen, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | flinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shy away, wince |
Synonyms: |
avoid, balk, blanch, blench, blink, cower, cringe, crouch, draw back, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, flee, quail, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, shirk, shrink, shun, start, swerve, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
confront, face, meet |
| Main Entry: | quail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cower, shrink |
Synonyms: |
blanch, blench, cringe, droop, faint, falter, flinch, have cold feet, quake, recoil, shake, shudder, start, tremble, wince |
Antonyms: |
face, meet |
| Main Entry: | recoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shrink away |
Synonyms: |
backfire, balk, blanch, blench, blink, carom, cringe, demur, dodge, draw back, duck, falter, flinch, hesitate, jerk, kick, pull back, quail, quake, react, rebound, reel, resile, shake, shirk, shrink, shudder, shy away, spring, start, step back, stick, stickle, swerve, tremble, turn away, waver, wince, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
face, meet |
| Main Entry: | shrink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recoil, shy away |
Synonyms: |
blench, boggle, contract, cower, cringe, crouch, demur, draw back, flinch, hang back, huddle, quail, recede, refuse, retire, retreat, scruple, shudder, slink, wince, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
face, meet, take on |
| Main Entry: | start |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flinch |
Synonyms: |
blanch, blench, bolt, bounce, bound, buck, dart, draw back, jerk, jump, jump the gun, leap, quail, recoil, shrink, shy, spring, squinch, startle, twitch, wince |
Antonyms: |
ignore |