to flinch or falter

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• falter — [fôl′tər] vi. [ME faltren, prob. < ON, as in faltra(sk), be uncertain] 1. to move uncertainly or unsteadily; totter; stumble 2. to stumble in speech; speak haltingly; stammer 3. to act hesitantly; show uncertainty; waver; flinch [to falter… …   English World dictionary

• flinch — *recoil, shrink, wince, blench, quail Analogous words: falter, *hesitate, vacillate: evade, elude, shun, eschew, avoid, *escape: withdraw, retire (see GO): retreat, *recede …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• falter — vb waver, vacillate, *hesitate Analogous words: flinch, blench, *recoil, quail, shrink: fluctuate, oscillate, *swing: *shake, tremble, quake, shudder Contrasted words: *persevere, persist: resolve, determine, * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• falter — Synonyms and related words: Bebung, abandon hope, back down, back out, balance, bashfulness, blench, blunder, bob, bobble, boggle, boggling, bounce, bump, careen, career, caution, cautiousness, chatter, chicken, chicken out, compunction, dally,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• flinch — Synonyms and related words: avoid, avoidance, be startled, blanch, blench, blink, boggle, cower, cringe, demur, dodge, draw back, draw in, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, evasion, fade, fall back, fallback, falter, fight shy of, funk, hang… …   Moby Thesaurus

• falter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. hesitate, waver, hang back, vacillate; shuffle, stumble, totter; stammer. See doubt, slowness, stammering, failure, hopelessness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. waver, vacillate, flounder; see hesitate ,… …   English dictionary for students

• pale — I adj 1. colorless, hueless, toneless, uncol ored, achromic, achromous, achromatic; drab, dreary, flat, mat, lusterless, lackluster; bleached, blanched, washed out, etiolated; wan, pallid, Obs. blate, pale faced, anemic, sickly; waxen, sallow,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• 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 — 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

• hesitate — hesitate, waver, vacillate, falter all mean to show irresolution or uncertainty. Hesitate, the general term, usually implies a pause or other sign of indecision before one makes up one s mind what to do, say, or choose {I have for many months… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• fear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Anticipation of misfortune Nouns 1. fear, fearfulness, phobia; timidity, timorousness, diffidence; solicitude, anxiety, worry, care, apprehension; apprehensiveness, misgiving, mistrust, doubt, suspicion …   English dictionary for students