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blanch

[blanch, blahnch] / blæntʃ, blɑntʃ /
VERB
become afraid
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
be brave


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They may blanch at a $200 tasting menu and not be able to enjoy their food.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“We didn’t blanch at the cost to come to The Mather.”

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

Yet Seattleites have every reason to blanch at the price tag and wonder about the levy’s effectiveness.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

We know them so well, which is why when the series depicts the original trio acting inexplicably or out of character, viewers blanch.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2023

Then it tipped up into the sky and spread out, looking for a maple it could scorch or a beech it could blanch.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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