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to recoil in disgust

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  • recoil — vb 1 Recoil, shrink, flinch, wince, blench, quail can all mean to draw back from something, usually through fear, faintheartedness, or disgust. Recoil more than any of the succeeding terms suggests the physical signs of such drawing back or the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • recoil — ► VERB 1) suddenly spring back or flinch in fear, horror, or disgust. 2) feel such emotions at the thought of something. 3) spring back through force of impact or elasticity. 4) (recoil on/upon) have an adverse consequence for (the originator). ► …   English terms dictionary

  • recoil — [ri koil′; ] also for n., esp. of weapons [, rē′koil΄] vi. [ME recoilen < OFr reculer < re , back + cul < L culus, the anus, buttocks: see CULET] 1. a) to draw back, fall back, or stagger back; retreat b) to start or shrink back, as in… …   English World dictionary

  • recoil — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English reculen, recoilen, from Anglo French reculer, recuiler, from re + cul backside more at culet Date: 14th century 1. a. to fall back under pressure b. to shrink back physically or emotionally 2. to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • recoil — 1. noun The amount of energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle. 2 …   Wiktionary

  • recoil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Springing back Nouns recoil, reaction, retroaction, revulsion, rebound, ricochet, bounce, boomerang, kick, backlash, repercussion, reflex, return, repulse, repulsion, reverberation, echo; reactionary,… …   English dictionary for students

  • recoil — verb 1》 suddenly spring back or flinch in fear, horror, or disgust.     ↘feel such emotions at the thought of something. 2》 (of a gun) move abruptly backwards as a reaction on firing.     ↘spring back through force of impact or elasticity. 3》… …   English new terms dictionary

  • recoil — 1. verb 1) she instinctively recoiled Syn: draw back, jump back, pull back; flinch, shy away, shrink (back) See note at wince 2) he recoiled from the thought Syn: feel revulsion at …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • recoil — recoilingly, adv. v. /ri koyl /; n. /ree koyl , ri koyl /, v.i. 1. to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust. 2. to spring or fly back, as in consequence of force of impact or the force of the discharge, as a firearm. 3 …   Universalium

  • recoil — verb ADVERB ▪ a bit, a little, slightly ▪ instinctively ▪ As he leaned forward she instinctively recoiled. ▪ instantly ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • recoil from — Abhor, loathe, abominate, detest, feel disgust at, shrink from …   New dictionary of synonyms

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