Synonyms for recoiling
- backfire
- balk
- blanch
- blink
- cringe
- demur
- flinch
- hesitate
- reel
- shudder
- tremble
- turn away
- waver
- wince
- blench
- carom
- dodge
- duck
- falter
- jerk
- kick
- quail
- quake
- react
- rebound
- resile
- shake
- shirk
- shrink
- spring
- start
- stick
- stickle
- swerve
- withdraw
- draw back
- pull back
- shy away
- step back
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR RECOILING
Teresa (recoiling with the expression appropriate to the passion).
"Leave my daughter's name out of this," cried Manthis, recoiling.
I said, letting go my grip on his shoulders, and recoiling a pace from him.
He smoked with lips protruding, spitting every moment, recoiling at every puff.
He let go of her then, and recoiling against the divan, sat down.
He smoked with his lips protruded, spitting every moment, recoiling at every puff.
"Speak not thus,—look not thus," she said, recoiling from him.
Recoiling, he returned to his armchair and sat down before the fire.
He turned and cannoned into a man on the sidewalk, recoiling with an oath.
"No, no; not that," Agatha whispered, recoiling from his touch.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR RECOILING
bashful
adjectiveshyreturn
nouncoming again- acknowledgment
- answer
- appearance
- arrival
- coming
- entrance
- entry
- homecoming
- occurrence
- reaction
- reappearance
- rebound
- recoil
- recoiling
- recompense
- recompensing
- recovery
- recrudescence
- recurrence
- reestablishment
- reinstatement
- rejoinder
- reoccurrence
- replacement
- repossession
- restitution
- restoration
- restoring
- retreat
- reversion
- revisitation
returns
nouncoming again- acknowledgment
- answer
- appearance
- arrival
- coming
- entrance
- entry
- homecoming
- occurrence
- reaction
- reappearance
- rebound
- recoil
- recoiling
- recompense
- recompensing
- recovery
- recrudescence
- recurrence
- reestablishment
- reinstatement
- rejoinder
- reoccurrence
- replacement
- repossession
- restitution
- restoration
- restoring
- retreat
- reversion
- revisitation
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