Thesaurus / wince
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This talk had been on that very day before, while they sat impatiently awaiting her arrival, and it had made John Chester wince.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMONDPoynter uttered a sneering laugh, which made Heath wince, and turn upon him wrathfully.
THE BAG OF DIAMONDSGEORGE MANVILLE FENNHe paused at that, for he saw his father wince at the picture like a man physically struck; and again there was silence.
TALES AND FANTASIESROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONHe had got under the armor of his enemy at last, and he could feel him wince and writhe at each thrust that he drove home.
LOVE'S PILGRIMAGEUPTON SINCLAIR"Peleg, you're a sight for tired optics," said Tom, giving the man's hand a squeeze that made him wince.
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE FARMARTHUR M. WINFIELD (AKA EDWARD STRATEMEYER)I saw my father wince a little, and he turned to me bending down, so that his lips were pretty close to my ear.
MASS' GEORGEGEORGE MANVILLE FENNYet this very impatience in her somehow made Nick wince a little.
THE TRAGIC MUSEHENRY JAMESAh, you wince; but I say it for her sake as well as your own.
THE INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY MAGAZINE, VOLUME 5, NO. 1, JANUARY, 1852VARIOUSThe man was dead now, and Slaughter's words "too late" made them wince.
COLONIAL BORNG. FIRTH SCOTTThe boldest war-horse was never too courageous to wince and tremble at the smell of blood.
SARCHEDONG. J. (GEORGE JOHN) WHYTE-MELVILLEWORDS RELATED TO WINCE
- backfires
- balks
- blanches
- blenches
- blinks
- caroms
- cringes
- demurs
- dodges
- draws back
- ducks
- falters
- flinches
- hesitates
- jerks
- kicks
- pulls back
- quails
- quakes
- reacts
- rebounds
- reels
- resiles
- shakes
- shies away
- shirks
- shrinks
- shudders
- springs
- starts
- steps back
- stickles
- sticks
- swerves
- trembles
- turns away
- wavers
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- withdraws
- activates
- appears
- arises
- arouses
- comes into is
- commences
- creates
- departs
- embarks
- engenders
- enters upon
- establishes
- finds
- get goes
- gets under way
- goes ahead
- hits the road
- inaugurates
- incites
- initiates
- instigates
- institutes
- introduces
- issues
- launches
- leaves
- lies foundation
- lights
- makes a beginning
- opens
- originates
- pioneers
- rises
- rouses
- sally forth
- sees light
- sets in motion
- sets out
- sets up
- springs
- takes first step
- takes the plunge
- turns on
- afflicts
- aggrieves
- agonizes
- ails
- annoys
- attacks
- bedevils
- beleaguers
- besets
- bites one's nails
- bothers
- broods
- bugs
- chafes
- concern oneself
- depresses
- despairs
- disquiets
- distresses
- disturbs
- duns
- feels uneasy
- frets
- gnaws at
- goads
- goes for
- harasses
- harries
- has qualms
- hassles
- hectors
- importunes
- irritates
- needles
- oppresses
- persecutes
- perturbs
- pesters
- plagues
- stews
- sweats out
- takes on
- tantalizes
- tears
- teases
- tests
- torments
- tortures
- tries
- troubles
- unsettles
- upsets
- vexes
- winces
- writhes
- wrongs
- afflict
- aggrieve
- agonize
- ail
- annoy
- attack
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- beset
- bite one's nails
- bother
- brood
- bug
- chafe
- concern oneself
- depress
- despair
- disquiet
- distress
- disturb
- dun
- feel uneasy
- fret
- gnaw at
- go for
- goad
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- have qualms
- hector
- importune
- irritate
- needle
- oppress
- persecute
- perturb
- pester
- plague
- stew
- sweat out
- take on
- tantalize
- tear
- tease
- test
- torment
- torture
- trouble
- try
- unsettle
- upset
- vex
- wince
- writhe
- wrong
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