| Main Entry: | blanch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become afraid |
Synonyms: |
flinch, pale, recoil, shrink, start, wince |
Antonyms: |
be brave |
| 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: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
Synonyms: |
French fry, bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor*, escallop, fix, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin*, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up |
| 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: | fear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel alarm; be scared of |
Synonyms: |
anticipate, apprehend, avoid, be afraid, be anxious, be apprehensive, be disquieted, be frightened, be in awe, blanch, break out in a sweat, cower, crouch, dare not, dread, expect, falter, feel concern, flinch, foresee, fret, have butterflies, have qualms, lose courage, quail, quaver, shrink, shudder, shun, shy, start, suspect, tremble, wilt, worry |
Antonyms: |
brave |
| 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: | pale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become, make lighter or weakened |
Synonyms: |
blanch, decrease, dim, diminish, dull, fade, faint, go white, grow dull, lessen, lose color, lose luster, muddy, tarnish, whiten |
| Notes: | a pail is a bucket while pale means whitish in complexion or very light colored |
Antonyms: |
brighten, darken, glow, radiate |
| 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: | 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 |