flinch

Nouns

(n) a reflex response to sudden pain wince,

Verbs

(v) draw back, as with fear or pain
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
cringe, funk, quail, recoil, wince, shrink, squinch,

Synonyms

wince cringe funk quail recoil shrink squinch

Words of close approximity

fling Flint

flinty