| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | An act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion: cringe, flinch, recoil, wince. See APPROACH, SEEK. | | VERB: | 1. To reduce in size, as by drawing together: compact1, compress, constrict, constringe, contract. See INCREASE. 2. To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust: blench1, cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shy1, start, wince. See APPROACH, SEEK.
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