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| Main Entry: | quail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cower, shrink |
| Synonyms: | blanch, cringe, droop, faint, falter, flinch, quake, recoil, shake, shudder, start, tremble, wince, blench, have cold feet |
| Antonyms: | face, meet |
| Main Entry: | cower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, hover in fear |
| Synonyms: | bootlick*, brownnose*, cringe, crouch, draw back, fawn, flinch, grovel, honey*, kowtow*, quail*, recoil, shrink, skulk, sneak, toady*, tremble, truckle, wince, apple-polish, blench |
| Antonyms: | come out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cringe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flinch, recoil from danger |
| Synonyms: | cower, crawl, crouch, dodge, draw back, duck, grovel, kneel, quail, quiver, shrink, shy, start, stoop, tremble, wince, blench, eat dirt |
| Antonyms: | come forward |
| Main Entry: | crouch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stoop low; cringe |
| Synonyms: | bend, bow, cower, dip, duck, grovel, huddle, hunch, hunker down, kneel, quail, squat, stoop, wince, bend down, quat, scrooch down |
| Antonyms: | stretch |
| Main Entry: | fear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel alarm; be scared of |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, avoid, blanch, cower, crouch, dread, expect, falter, flinch, foresee, fret, quail, quaver, shrink, shudder, shun, shy, start, suspect, tremble, wilt, worry, be afraid, be anxious, be apprehensive, be disquieted, be frightened, be in awe, break out in a sweat, dare not, feel concern, have butterflies, have qualms, lose courage |
| Antonyms: | brave |
| Main Entry: | flinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shy away, wince |
| Synonyms: | avoid, balk, blanch, blink, cower, cringe, crouch, draw back, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, flee, quail, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, shirk, shrink, shun, start, swerve, withdraw, blench |
| Antonyms: | confront, face, meet |
| Main Entry: | quake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake, vibrate |
| Synonyms: | convulse, cower, fluctuate, jar, move, pulsate, quail, quiver, rock, shiver, shrink, shudder, throb, totter, tremble, tremor, twitter, waver, wobble, jitter |
| Antonyms: | be still |
| Main Entry: | recoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shrink away |
| Synonyms: | backfire, balk, blanch, blink, carom, cringe, demur, dodge, draw back, duck, falter, flinch, hesitate, jerk, kick, quail, quake, react, rebound, reel, shake, shirk, shrink, shudder, spring, start, stick, swerve, tremble, waver, wince, withdraw, blench, pull back, resile, shy away, step back, stickle, turn away |
| Antonyms: | face, meet |
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pull back, go away |
| Synonyms: | abandon, avoid, back, back away, back down, back off, back out, beat it, decamp, depart, disengage, draw back, ebb, elude, escape, evacuate, evade, fall back, fold, go, go back, hand over, hide, leave, opt out, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, reel, regress, relinquish, resign, retire, retrograde, reverse, run, sequester, shrink, turn tail*, vacate, withdraw, backtrack, cave in, give ground, go along with, keep aloof, keep apart, lay down, move back, retrocede, seclude oneself, start back |
| Antonyms: | advance, face, forge, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wince |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw back |
| Synonyms: | back off, blanch, cower, cringe, dodge, duck, flinch, grimace, quail, recoil, shrink, shy, start, swerve, turn, blench, jib, make a face |
| Main Entry: | game bird |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hunted bird |
| Synonyms: | grouse, quail, curlew, partridge, pheasant, plover, sandpiper, snipe, wild turkey, wildfowl, woodcock |
| Main Entry: | shake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | quiver, tremble |
| Synonyms: | agitate, brandish, bump, chatter, churn, convulse, discompose, disquiet, disturb, dither, dodder, flap, flicker, flit, flourish, fluctuate, flutter, jar, jerk, jog, jolt, jounce, move, oscillate, palpitate, perturb, quail, quake, quaver, rattle, reel, rock, roil, ruffle, shimmer, shimmy, shiver, shudder, stagger, sway, swing, totter, tremor, twitter, upset, vibrate, waggle, water, wave, whip, wobble, commove, concuss, flitter, joggle, set in motion, stir up, succuss |
| Main Entry: | withdraw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove something or someone from situation |
| Synonyms: | abjure, back out, bail out, blow, book, bow out, check out, depart, detach, disengage, draw back, drop out, eliminate, exit, extract, fall back, get off, go, leave, phase out, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, secede, shrink, switch, take off, vacate, absent oneself, draw away, ease out, exfiltrate, get away, get lost, give ground, give way, keep aloof, keep apart, make oneself scarce, pull back, run along, seclude oneself, take a hike, take away, take leave, take out |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | shrink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recoil, shy away |
| Synonyms: | boggle, contract, cower, cringe, crouch, demur, draw back, flinch, hang back, huddle, quail, recede, refuse, retire, retreat, scruple, shudder, slink, wince, withdraw, blench |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, take on |
| Main Entry: | start |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flinch |
| Synonyms: | blanch, bolt, bounce, bound, buck, dart, draw back, jerk, jump, jump the gun*, leap, quail, recoil, shrink, shy, spring, startle, twitch, wince, blench, squinch |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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