Usually means: Involuntary reaction to sudden threat.
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  1. flinching: Merriam-Webster
  2. flinching: Collins English Dictionary
  3. flinching: Vocabulary.com
  4. Flinching, flinching: Wordnik
  5. flinching: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. flinching: Wiktionary
  7. Flinching, flinching: Dictionary.com
  8. flinching: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Flinching: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Flinching: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Flinching: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. flinching: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. flinching: FreeDictionary.org
  14. flinching: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. flinching: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (flinching)

▸ noun:  A flinching motion; a flinch.

Similar:
wince, quail, cringe, shrink, funk, recoil, squinch, flick, fidgeting, frowning, more...

Opposite:
unflinching, unwavering, steadfast

Types:
eye flinch, shoulder flinch, hand flinch, leg flinch, full body flinch, involuntary flinch, more...

Phrases:
flinching from, more...

Adjectives:
least, slightest, much, fiercer, first, involuntary, single, needless, inward, apparent, faltering



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Similar:
wince, quail, cringe, shrink, funk, recoil, squinch, flick, fidgeting, frowning, more...

Opposite:
unflinching, unwavering, steadfast

Types:
eye flinch, shoulder flinch, hand flinch, leg flinch, full body flinch, involuntary flinch, more...

Phrases:
flinching from, more...

Adjectives:
least, slightest, much, fiercer, first, involuntary, single, needless, inward, apparent, faltering



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