wince

Nouns

  • (n) the facial expression of sudden pain
  • (n) a reflex response to sudden pain flinch,

Verbs

  • (v) draw back, as with fear or pain
    • she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
    cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch,
  • (v) make a face indicating disgust or dislike
    • She winced when she heard his pompous speech

Synonyms

cringe flinch funk quail recoil shrink squinch

Words of close approximity

winch
wind wine wing wink wino winy
winch windy winey wings
wincey winceyette