(recoil in fear)

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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 — 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

• fear — n 1. dread, fright, Inf. funk, fearfulness; terror, horror, panic; alarm, perturbation, dismay, consternation, trepidation; apprehension, misgiving, uncertainty, suspicion, mistrust, distrust, qualm; worry, disquiet, disquietude, solicitude,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• recoil — v. & n. v.intr. 1 suddenly move or spring back in fear, horror, or disgust. 2 shrink mentally in this way. 3 rebound after an impact. 4 (foll. by on, upon) have an adverse reactive effect on (the originator). 5 (of a gun) be driven backwards by… …   Useful english dictionary

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