recoiling

ADJECTIVE

bashful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

confused coy diffident embarrassed reticent self-conscious sheepish timid

WEAK

abashed backward blushful blushing chary constrained demure humble modest nervous overmodest reserved retiring self-effacing shamefaced shrinking silent timorous unassertive verecund

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aggressive bold forward

WEAK

unabashed unshy

NOUN

return

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrival entry rebound recovery restoration

STRONG

acknowledgment answer appearance coming entrance homecoming occurrence reaction reappearance recoil recompense recompensing recrudescence recurrence reinstatement rejoinder replacement repossession restitution restoring retreat reversion

WEAK

reestablishment reoccurrence revisitation

Antonyms

STRONG

departure exit leaving question

WEAK

debt leave payment request

Example Sentences

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Recoiling from efforts to regulate his power, he has battled with public officials and antagonized his critics.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022

Recoiling from his touch, she said "go away".

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2022

Recoiling from the “mountainside of Tommy,” she thinks, “My God, don’t they know?”

From The New Yorker • May 31, 2018

Recoiling from this confrontation with my own awful solitude and omnipotence, I felt myself disintegrating.

From Scientific American • Nov. 27, 2012

Recoiling a few steps, the girl looked hurriedly round, and perceived the dam, watching her movements with fiery eyes at no great distance.

From The Deerslayer by Cooper, James Fenimore

recoiling

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