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shrink from
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flinch
collapse
draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
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 back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
jib
,
jump
,
jump a mile
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pullback
,
pullout
,
quail
,
recede
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shrink from
,
shun
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
startle
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
swerve
,
turn aside
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
draw back
collapse
related words >
avoid
,
back down
,
back out
,
beat a retreat
,
blench
,
blink
,
cringe
,
discount
,
disengage
,
dodge
,
draw in
,
draw off
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
flinch
,
funk
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
hang back
,
jib
,
knock off
,
move back
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
run back
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
subtract
,
swerve
,
take
,
take away
,
take off
,
take out
,
turn aside
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
blench
collapse
related words >
ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
avoid
,
blanch
,
bleach
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cringe
,
decolor
,
decolorize
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
funk
,
grimace
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have a misery
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hurt
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pound
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shoot
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
smart
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
suffer
,
swerve
,
thrill
,
throb
,
tingle
,
turn aside
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
white
,
wince
,
writhe
sheer off
collapse
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about the bush
,
avert
,
avoid
,
bear off
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
blench
,
blink
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge off
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fence
,
flinch
,
fly off
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go off
,
hang back
,
haw
,
head off
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
jib
,
make way for
,
move aside
,
parry
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
start aside
,
start back
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
switch
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
veer off
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
therapist
collapse
a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
related words >
advisor
,
analyst
,
bonesetter
,
chiropractor
,
healer
,
homeopath
,
homeopathist
,
medic
,
midwife
,
oculist
,
optometrist
,
osteopath
,
psychiatrist
,
psychoanalyst
,
psychologist
,
psychotherapist
,
shrink
,
therapeutist
avoid
collapse
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"
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abstain
,
abstain from
,
avert
,
be stuck-up
,
bilk
,
blench
,
blink
,
circumvent
,
cringe
,
debar
,
deflect
,
divert
,
do without
,
dodge
,
double
,
draw back
,
duck
,
elude
,
escape
,
eschew
,
evade
,
exclude
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
forbear
,
forbid
,
forgo
,
give place to
,
hang back
,
hold aloof
,
hold aloof from
,
hold back
,
jib
,
keep aloof
,
keep away from
,
keep clear of
,
keep from
,
keep hands off
,
keep off
,
keep remote from
,
leave alone
,
let alone
,
let go by
,
make way for
,
never touch
,
not meddle with
,
not touch
,
obviate
,
pass up
,
preclude
,
prevent
,
prohibit
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
refrain
,
refrain from
,
retreat
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shun
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
spare
,
stand aloof
,
stand aloof from
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stay detached from
,
steer clear of
,
swerve
,
turn aside
,
turn away from
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withhold
wince
collapse
a reflex response to sudden pain
the facial expression of sudden pain
make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"
related words >
ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
avoid
,
avoidance
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cower
,
cringe
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
duck
,
evade
,
evasion
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fallback
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
funk
,
grimace
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have a misery
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hurt
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pound
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pullback
,
pullout
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer
,
sheer off
,
shoot
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
smart
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
suffer
,
swerve
,
thrill
,
throb
,
tingle
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
withdraw
,
writhe
fall back
collapse
retreat
fall backwards and down
have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
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avoid
,
back
,
back down
,
back out
,
back up
,
backslide
,
beat a retreat
,
blench
,
blink
,
come after
,
come last
,
cringe
,
degenerate
,
deteriorate
,
disengage
,
disimprove
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall
,
fall again into
,
fall astern
,
fall behind
,
fall from grace
,
flinch
,
follow
,
get worse
,
give back
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
grow worse
,
hang back
,
have a relapse
,
jib
,
lag behind
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
let down
,
move back
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
quail
,
recidivate
,
recoil
,
recur to
,
reel back
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return to
,
revert
,
revert to
,
run back
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sicken
,
sidestep
,
sink back
,
slacken
,
slide back
,
slip back
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
swerve
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
turn aside
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
worsen
,
yield again to
cringe
collapse
related words >
apple-polish
,
avoid
,
bend
,
bend the knee
,
bend the neck
,
bend to
,
blench
,
blink
,
bootlick
,
bow
,
bow and scrape
,
bow down
,
bow to
,
brown-nose
,
cower
,
crawl
,
creep
,
cringe to
,
croodle
,
crouch
,
crouch before
,
curtsy
,
defer
,
do homage
,
do obeisance
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
duck
,
eat dirt
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fawn
,
flatter
,
flinch
,
funk
,
genuflect
,
get down
,
grovel
,
hang back
,
hunch
,
hunch down
,
jib
,
kneel
,
kneel to
,
knuckle to
,
kowtow
,
lick the dust
,
lickspittle
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
quail
,
quiver
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scrouch down
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
skulk
,
slaver
,
slink
,
sneak
,
squat
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stoop
,
swerve
,
toadeat
,
toady
,
tremble
,
truckle
,
truckle to
,
turn aside
,
wallow
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
welter
,
wince
,
withdraw
hesitate
collapse
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"
related words >
alternate
,
back down
,
balance
,
balk
,
be dilatory
,
blench
,
boggle
,
call a recess
,
debate
,
delay
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dither
,
equivocate
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy of
,
filibuster
,
flinch
,
fluctuate
,
fumble
,
gain time
,
halt
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang fire
,
hang in doubt
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
haver
,
haw
,
hem
,
hem and haw
,
hold back
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
let up
,
make bones about
,
make time
,
mammer
,
pause
,
play for time
,
ponder
,
procrastinate
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recess
,
recoil
,
rest
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrink from
,
shy
,
shy at
,
splutter
,
sputter
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stammer
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stooge around
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
stumble
,
stutter
,
take a recess
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
tergiversate
,
think twice
,
think twice about
,
vacillate
,
wait
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
weasel
collapse
small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
related words >
Argus
,
Cape polecat
,
Skimobile
,
Sno-Cat
,
ape
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
bar
,
bear
,
blade
,
blench
,
blink
,
cat
,
cavy
,
chimp
,
chimpanzee
,
coon
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
eagle
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
ferret
,
flinch
,
foumart
,
glutton
,
groundhog
,
guinea pig
,
hang back
,
hawk
,
hedge
,
hedgehog
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lynx
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
monk
,
monkey
,
mousehound
,
opossum
,
palter
,
parry
,
polecat
,
porcupine
,
possum
,
prairie dog
,
prevaricate
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
quail
,
quill pig
,
raccoon
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
runner
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
skunk
,
sled
,
sleigh
,
slink
,
sneaker
,
snowmobile
,
start aside
,
start back
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
turn aside
,
waffle
,
weasel out
,
whistle-pig
,
wince
,
wolverine
,
woodchuck
,
zoril
quail
collapse
small gallinaceous game birds
flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
related words >
Cornish hen
,
avoid
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
broiler
,
caille
,
canard
,
caneton
,
capon
,
chapon
,
chicken
,
cower
,
cringe
,
crouch
,
damsel
,
demur
,
dindon
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
duckling
,
evade
,
fade
,
faisan
,
fall back
,
falter
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
fowl
,
fryer
,
funk
,
gal
,
goose
,
grouse
,
guinea hen
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
jib
,
lass
,
lassie
,
maid
,
maiden
,
make bones about
,
miss
,
missy
,
oie
,
partridge
,
pause
,
pheasant
,
pigeon
,
pigeonneau
,
poulet
,
pull back
,
quiff
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
roaster
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
skulk
,
slink
,
sneak
,
squab
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stewing chicken
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
swerve
,
turkey
,
turn aside
,
volaille
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wild duck
,
wince
hang back
collapse
related words >
avoid
,
back down
,
balance
,
be dilatory
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cringe
,
dawdle
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dodge
,
drag
,
draw back
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy of
,
filibuster
,
flinch
,
gain time
,
get behind
,
hang
,
hang fire
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lag
,
linger
,
linger behind
,
loiter
,
make bones about
,
make time
,
pause
,
play for time
,
ponder
,
procrastinate
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stooge around
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
straggle
,
strain
,
strain at
,
swerve
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
think twice about
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
turn aside
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
loathe
collapse
related words >
abhor
,
abominate
,
be hostile to
,
decline
,
despise
,
detest
,
disapprove of
,
disfavor
,
dislike
,
disrelish
,
execrate
,
hate
,
hold in abomination
,
mislike
,
not care for
,
refuse
,
reject
,
repudiate
,
shrink from
,
shudder at
,
spurn
,
utterly detest
drift away
collapse
related words >
decline
,
die away
,
diminish
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
fade
,
fade away
,
go
,
go away
,
move away
,
move off
,
pull away
,
recede
,
retire
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
shrink
,
sink
,
stand off
,
wane
,
widen the distance
,
withdraw
analyst
collapse
a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
someone who is skilled at analyzing data
an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions
related words >
analyzer
,
assayer
,
behavior therapist
,
clinical psychologist
,
essayer
,
examiner
,
experimenter
,
headshrinker
,
hypnotherapist
,
narcotherapist
,
psychiatrist
,
psychoanalyst
,
psychoanalyzer
,
psychotherapeutist
,
psychotherapist
,
research worker
,
researcher
,
shrink
,
shrinker
,
test driver
,
test pilot
,
tester
,
tryer-out
grimace
collapse
a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect"
contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"
related words >
ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
blanch
,
blench
,
bob
,
bobble
,
bounce
,
bump
,
contort
,
declaim
,
deform
,
didder
,
disapprove of
,
distort
,
dither
,
face
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
frown
,
gloom
,
glower
,
ham
,
ham it up
,
have a misery
,
hurt
,
jar
,
jerk
,
jig
,
jigget
,
jiggle
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
knit the brow
,
long face
,
look askance at
,
look black
,
look sullen
,
lower
,
make a face
,
make a lip
,
make a moue
,
make a mouth
,
misshape
,
mop
,
mop and mow
,
moue
,
mouth
,
mouthing
,
mow
,
mug
,
out-herod Herod
,
overact
,
overdramatize
,
pound
,
pout
,
pull a face
,
quake
,
quaver
,
quiver
,
rant
,
recoil
,
revolt at
,
rictus
,
roar
,
scowl
,
shake
,
shiver
,
shock
,
shoot
,
show distaste for
,
shrink
,
shrink from
,
shudder
,
shudder at
,
smart
,
snarl
,
spout
,
suffer
,
thrill
,
throb
,
throw away
,
tic
,
tingle
,
tremble
,
tremor
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
twitter
,
underact
,
wince
,
wobble
,
writhe
,
wry face
,
wry mouth
hang off
collapse
related words >
blench
,
boggle
,
demur
,
falter
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
hang back
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
scruple
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
waver
,
wince
sidestep
collapse
a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
related words >
about the bush
,
around the bush
,
avert
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
bear off
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
burke
,
bypass
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
circumvent
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge
,
edge off
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fence
,
flinch
,
fly off
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go crabwise
,
go off
,
go sideways
,
hang back
,
haw
,
head off
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lateral
,
lateralize
,
make leeway
,
make way for
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
move aside
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shirk
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shun
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
side
,
sideslip
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
skew
,
skid
,
skirt
,
split hairs
,
start aside
,
start back
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
switch
,
tergiversate
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
veer
,
veer off
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
blink
collapse
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"
related words >
albedo
,
avoid
,
bat
,
bat the eyes
,
blench
,
blink at
,
blinking
,
broken
,
carefully ignore
,
cast
,
cold-shoulder
,
coruscate
,
coruscation
,
cringe
,
cut a corner
,
cut corners
,
disregard
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
firefly
,
flash
,
flicker
,
flinch
,
fudge
,
funk
,
glance
,
gleam
,
glimmer
,
glimmering
,
glimpse
,
glisk
,
glisten
,
glister
,
glitter
,
glittering
,
glowworm
,
half an eye
,
hang back
,
ice sky
,
iceblink
,
ignore
,
in disrepair
,
incident light
,
jib
,
move
,
nictitate
,
on the blink
,
on the fritz
,
out of order
,
out of whack
,
overlook
,
pass over
,
pass over lightly
,
peek
,
peep
,
pull back
,
quail
,
quick sight
,
rapid glance
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
reflectance
,
reflection
,
retreat
,
scamp
,
scintilla
,
scintillate
,
scintillation
,
sheer off
,
shimmer
,
shimmering
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
skim
,
skim over
,
skim the surface
,
skimp
,
skip over
,
slant
,
slight
,
slubber over
,
slur
,
slur over
,
snowblink
,
spangle
,
spark
,
sparkle
,
squiz
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stroboscopic light
,
swerve
,
tinsel
,
touch upon
,
touch upon lightly
,
turn aside
,
twinkle
,
twinkling
,
water sky
,
waterblink
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
wink
,
wink at
move away
collapse
related words >
be getting along
,
buzz off
,
come away
,
decline
,
depart
,
die away
,
diminish
,
drift away
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
exit
,
fade
,
fade away
,
gang along
,
get along
,
get away
,
get off
,
get on
,
get under way
,
go
,
go along
,
go away
,
go off
,
go on
,
leave
,
march off
,
mosey
,
move off
,
move out
,
pull away
,
pull out
,
recede
,
retire
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
sashay
,
sashay off
,
shrink
,
sink
,
stagger along
,
stand off
,
take flight
,
take wing
,
toddle along
,
up and go
,
wane
,
widen the distance
,
wing it
,
withdraw
dribble away
collapse
related words >
ablate
,
atrophy
,
blow
,
blunder away
,
consume
,
consume away
,
dally away
,
decrease
,
deplete
,
depreciate
,
diddle away
,
dissipate
,
drain
,
drivel
,
drivel away
,
emaciate
,
erode
,
fool away
,
fritter
,
fritter away
,
idle away
,
muddle away
,
pine away
,
piss away
,
potter away
,
run to seed
,
run to waste
,
shrink
,
squander
,
throw
,
trifle away
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear
,
wear away
,
while away
,
wither away
emaciate
collapse
grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"
related words >
Sanforize
,
atrophy
,
attenuate
,
consume
,
consume away
,
dilute
,
dribble away
,
dry up
,
emacerate
,
macerate
,
parch
,
pine away
,
preshrink
,
rarefy
,
run to seed
,
run to waste
,
sear
,
shrink
,
shrivel
,
subtilize
,
thin
,
thin away
,
thin down
,
thin out
,
waste
,
waste away
,
water
,
water down
,
weaken
,
weazen
,
wither
,
wither away
,
wizen
recoil
collapse
a movement back from an impact
the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
related words >
about the bush
,
antagonism
,
antipathy
,
avoid
,
avoidance
,
backfire
,
backlash
,
backlashing
,
backwash
,
balk
,
bashfulness
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
boggling
,
boomerang
,
bounce
,
bounce back
,
bound
,
bound back
,
cannon
,
cannon off
,
carom
,
clashing
,
clout
,
collision
,
comeback
,
compunction
,
conflict
,
confutation
,
contradiction
,
contraposition
,
contrariety
,
contrecoup
,
counter
,
counteraction
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
counterposition
,
counterstroke
,
counterworking
,
crankiness
,
cringe
,
crotchetiness
,
demur
,
demurral
,
diffidence
,
disapprove of
,
dissent
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evasion
,
exchange
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fallback
,
falter
,
faltering
,
fence
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
fly back
,
force
,
friction
,
funk
,
give-and-take
,
grimace
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
have repercussions
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hesitance
,
hesitancy
,
hesitate
,
hesitation
,
hold off
,
impact
,
impress
,
impression
,
imprint
,
interchange
,
interference
,
jib
,
kick
,
kick back
,
kickback
,
lash back
,
look askance at
,
make bones about
,
mark
,
modesty
,
nonconformity
,
objection
,
opposition
,
opposure
,
oppugnance
,
oppugnancy
,
parry
,
pause
,
perverseness
,
print
,
protest
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pullback
,
pullout
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
quake
,
qualm
,
qualm of conscience
,
qualmishness
,
reaction
,
rebound
,
rebuff
,
recalcitrance
,
recalcitrate
,
recalcitration
,
reciprocation
,
reel back
,
reflex
,
renitency
,
repercuss
,
repercussion
,
reply
,
repugnance
,
repulse
,
resile
,
resilience
,
resistance
,
response
,
retaliation
,
retort
,
retreat
,
return
,
revolt
,
revolt at
,
ricochet
,
scruple
,
scrupulosity
,
scrupulousness
,
shake
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
show distaste for
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shrink from
,
shrinking
,
shudder
,
shudder at
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
shyness
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
snap back
,
spring
,
spring back
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
step aside
,
stick
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stickling
,
strain
,
swerve
,
swimming upstream
,
tremble
,
turn aside
,
ward off
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
shrink
collapse
decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
related words >
Sanforize
,
abate
,
ablate
,
about the bush
,
ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
analyst
,
anguish
,
attenuate
,
avoid
,
avoid the limelight
,
balk at
,
bate
,
be eaten away
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
behavior therapist
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
blush unseen
,
boggle
,
clinical psychologist
,
compress
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
constrict
,
consume
,
consume away
,
contract
,
corrode
,
cower
,
cringe
,
crouch
,
crumble
,
decline
,
decrease
,
deliquesce
,
demur
,
deplete
,
depreciate
,
desiccate
,
die away
,
diminish
,
dissipate
,
dive
,
dodge
,
drain
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
dribble away
,
drift away
,
droop
,
drop
,
drop off
,
dry up
,
duck
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
emacerate
,
emaciate
,
equivocate
,
erode
,
evade
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall back
,
fall off
,
fall short
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
fence
,
fight shy of
,
flag
,
flinch
,
funk
,
go
,
go away
,
grimace
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have a misery
,
have qualms
,
headshrinker
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
huddle
,
hurt
,
hypnotherapist
,
jib
,
languish
,
lessen
,
let up
,
macerate
,
make bones about
,
melt away
,
move away
,
move off
,
narcotherapist
,
parch
,
parry
,
pause
,
pine
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
pound
,
preshrink
,
psychiatrist
,
psychoanalyst
,
psychoanalyzer
,
psychotherapeutist
,
psychotherapist
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
recede
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
run low
,
sag
,
scruple
,
sear
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shoot
,
shrink back
,
shrink from
,
shrinker
,
shrivel
,
shrivel up
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
sink
,
slink
,
smart
,
squander
,
squinch
,
stand off
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
subside
,
suffer
,
swerve
,
tail off
,
thin
,
thrill
,
throb
,
tingle
,
turn aside
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
wane
,
ward off
,
waste
,
waste away
,
waver
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear away
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
weazen
,
widen the distance
,
wilt
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
withdraw from
,
wither
,
wizen
,
writhe
cower
collapse
related words >
apple-polish
,
bend
,
bend the knee
,
blench
,
bootlick
,
bow
,
bow and scrape
,
crawl
,
creep
,
cringe
,
crouch
,
dodder
,
fawn
,
flatter
,
flinch
,
get down
,
grovel
,
halt
,
hunch
,
hunch down
,
kneel
,
kowtow
,
lick the dust
,
lickspittle
,
limp
,
quail
,
quiver
,
recoil
,
scrouch down
,
shake
,
shrink
,
skulk
,
slink
,
sneak
,
squat
,
stoop
,
teeter
,
toadeat
,
toady
,
totter
,
tremble
,
truckle
,
wallow
,
welter
,
wince
weazen
collapse
related words >
Sanforize
,
air-dry
,
anhydrate
,
attenuate
,
bake
,
blot
,
brush
,
burn
,
consume
,
cure
,
dehumidify
,
dehydrate
,
desiccate
,
drain
,
dry
,
dry up
,
emacerate
,
emaciate
,
evaporate
,
exsiccate
,
fire
,
insolate
,
kiln
,
macerate
,
mummify
,
parch
,
preshrink
,
rub
,
scorch
,
sear
,
shrink
,
shrivel
,
smoke
,
soak up
,
sponge
,
sun
,
sun-dry
,
swab
,
thin
,
torrefy
,
towel
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wipe
,
wither
,
wizen
evade
collapse
use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades"
practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"
related words >
abstain
,
around the bush
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
bail out
,
beat about
,
beg
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
bilk
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
break away
,
break jail
,
break loose
,
bypass
,
cavil
,
cheat
,
choplogic
,
circumvent
,
cop out
,
cringe
,
cut loose
,
deceive
,
ditch
,
dodge
,
double
,
draw back
,
duck
,
duck the issue
,
elude
,
equivocate
,
escape
,
escape prison
,
eschew
,
evade the issue
,
fade
,
fall back
,
falsify
,
fence
,
flee
,
flinch
,
fly
,
fly the coop
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
fudge
,
get around
,
get away
,
get away from
,
get clear of
,
get free
,
get out
,
get out of
,
get round
,
give the runaround
,
give the slip
,
go one better
,
hang back
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
jump
,
lie
,
make a getaway
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
outfigure
,
outflank
,
outgeneral
,
outguess
,
outmaneuver
,
outplay
,
outreach
,
outsmart
,
outwit
,
overreach
,
palter
,
parry
,
pass the buck
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
quail
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
shake
,
shake off
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift about
,
shirk
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shuffle out of
,
shun
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
sit it out
,
skip
,
skirt
,
slip away
,
slip the collar
,
split hairs
,
stand neuter
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stonewall
,
straddle
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
thwart
,
trim
,
turn aside
,
victimize
,
waffle
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
stand off
collapse
related words >
bear off
,
decline
,
die away
,
diminish
,
drift away
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
fade
,
fade away
,
go
,
go away
,
haul off
,
hold away from
,
keep aloof
,
keep away
,
keep away from
,
keep clear of
,
maintain distance
,
move away
,
move off
,
pull away
,
put off
,
recede
,
retire
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
run from
,
sail away from
,
shove off
,
shrink
,
sink
,
stand aloof
,
stand clear of
,
stand from
,
steer away from
,
steer clear of
,
wane
,
widen the distance
,
withdraw
stick at
collapse
related words >
back down
,
balance
,
blench
,
boggle
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
think twice about
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
beg the question
collapse
related words >
about the bush
,
around the bush
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
ward off
retrocede
collapse
related words >
back
,
backslide
,
cock
,
decline
,
die away
,
diminish
,
drift away
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
get behind
,
go
,
go away
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
jerk back
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
lose ground
,
move away
,
move off
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
recede
,
recidivate
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
retrovert
,
return
,
reverse
,
revert
,
shrink
,
sink
,
slip back
,
stand off
,
wane
,
widen the distance
,
withdraw
reel
collapse
a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
music composed for dancing a reel
wind onto or off a reel
related words >
Charybdis
,
Chinese windlass
,
Spanish windlass
,
avoid
,
be drunk
,
be intoxicated
,
blench
,
blink
,
blunder
,
bob
,
bobble
,
call off
,
capstan
,
careen
,
career
,
centrifugate
,
centrifuge
,
coggle
,
crab
,
crank
,
crank in
,
cringe
,
dangle
,
dizzy round
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
draw taut
,
duck
,
eddy
,
enumerate
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
falter
,
flinch
,
flounce
,
flounder
,
fluctuate
,
flutter
,
gurge
,
gyre
,
hang back
,
heave
,
hobbyhorse
,
itemize
,
jib
,
labor
,
librate
,
list
,
lurch
,
maelstrom
,
make heavy weather
,
name
,
nutate
,
oscillate
,
pass out
,
pendulate
,
pirouette
,
pitch
,
pitch and plunge
,
pitch and toss
,
plunge
,
pound
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
purl
,
quail
,
rat race
,
rear
,
recite
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
reel in
,
reel off
,
resonate
,
retreat
,
review
,
rock
,
roll
,
round
,
run over
,
run through
,
scend
,
see double
,
seethe
,
shake
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
spin
,
stagger
,
stammer
,
start aside
,
start back
,
struggle
,
stumble
,
surge
,
swag
,
sway
,
swerve
,
swim
,
swing
,
swinging
,
swirl
,
tackle
,
tauten
,
teeter
,
thrash about
,
tighten
,
topple
,
toss
,
toss and tumble
,
toss and turn
,
totter
,
trim
,
tumble
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
twirl
,
vacillate
,
vibrate
,
volutation
,
vortex
,
wag
,
waggle
,
wallop
,
wallow
,
wave
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
weave
,
welter
,
wheel
,
whirl
,
whirligig
,
whirlpool
,
whirlwind
,
wince
,
winch
,
wind in
,
windlass
,
wobble
,
yaw
shirk
collapse
avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"
related words >
abandon
,
avoid
,
bilk
,
burke
,
bypass
,
creep
,
cut
,
dodge
,
dog it
,
double
,
duck
,
duck duty
,
eschew
,
evade
,
fence
,
get around
,
get out of
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
gumshoe
,
jump
,
leave
,
leave loose ends
,
leave undone
,
let alone
,
let be
,
let dangle
,
let go
,
lurk
,
malinger
,
miss
,
not pull fair
,
omit
,
parry
,
pass over
,
pass up
,
pretermit
,
procrastinate
,
pussyfoot
,
shrink from
,
shun
,
sidestep
,
skip
,
skive
,
skulk
,
slack
,
slide out of
,
slink
,
slip
,
slip out of
,
snake
,
sneak out of
,
soldier
,
steal
,
trifle
,
welsh
beat around the bush
collapse
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
related words >
about the bush
,
around the bush
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
circumlocute
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
go round about
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
periphrase
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
ward off
pull back
collapse
pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
related words >
about the bush
,
abrupt
,
alienate
,
avoid
,
back down
,
back out
,
backslide
,
balance
,
beat a retreat
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cock
,
cringe
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
debate
,
delete
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
depart
,
disarticulate
,
disconnect
,
disengage
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
draw off
,
duck
,
eject
,
equivocate
,
estrange
,
evade
,
expel
,
fade
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
fear
,
fence
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
get behind
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
isolate
,
jerk back
,
jib
,
lapse
,
leave
,
lose ground
,
make bones about
,
move back
,
parry
,
part
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull away
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
recede
,
recidivate
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return
,
revert
,
run back
,
scruple
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shut off
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
slip back
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
subtract
,
swerve
,
think twice about
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
turn aside
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
,
ward off
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
recede
collapse
become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"
move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"
related words >
abate
,
back
,
back up
,
backslide
,
bate
,
close
,
cock
,
decline
,
depart
,
die away
,
diminish
,
drain
,
drift away
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
get behind
,
go
,
go away
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
jerk back
,
lapse
,
lessen
,
lose ground
,
move away
,
move off
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
recidivate
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return
,
revert
,
shrink
,
sink
,
slip back
,
stand off
,
subside
,
taper
,
wane
,
widen the distance
,
withdraw
jib
collapse
any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
related words >
avert
,
avoid
,
back down
,
balance
,
balk
,
balloon sail
,
batten
,
bear off
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cringe
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge off
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy
,
flinch
,
fly off
,
fly-by-night
,
flying kites
,
fore gaff-topsail
,
fore topgallant sail
,
fore-skysail
,
fore-topmast staysail
,
fore-topsail
,
foreroyal
,
foresail
,
forestaysail
,
gag
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go off
,
hang back
,
haw
,
head off
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jenny
,
jigger
,
jump
,
jump a mile
,
leg-of-mutton sail
,
loose-footed sail
,
lug
,
main gaff-topsail
,
main royal
,
main skysail
,
main-royal staysail
,
main-topsail
,
mainsail
,
make way for
,
mizzen
,
mizzen skysail
,
mizzen staysail
,
mizzen-royal staysail
,
mizzen-topgallant sail
,
moonraker
,
moonsail
,
move aside
,
panic
,
parachute spinnaker
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reef
,
reef point
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
royal
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shilly-shally
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
skedaddle
,
skyscraper
,
spanker
,
spinnaker
,
spitfire
,
square sail
,
stampede
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
startle
,
staysail
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
stern staysail
,
stick
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
storm trysail
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
stumble
,
swerve
,
switch
,
think twice about
,
topsail
,
trysail
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
veer off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
turn aside
collapse
related words >
alter
,
ameliorate
,
anticipate
,
avert
,
avoid
,
bar
,
be changed
,
be converted into
,
be renewed
,
bear off
,
beat off
,
bend
,
blench
,
blink
,
block
,
blunt
,
bottom out
,
branch off
,
break
,
change
,
change the bearing
,
check
,
checker
,
chill
,
chop
,
chop and change
,
come about
,
come around
,
come round
,
cool
,
counter
,
cringe
,
curve
,
damp
,
dampen
,
debar
,
deflect
,
degenerate
,
depart
,
depart from
,
deter
,
deteriorate
,
detour
,
deviate
,
digress
,
disaffect
,
discourage
,
dishearten
,
disincline
,
disinterest
,
distract
,
divagate
,
divaricate
,
diverge
,
diversify
,
divert
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
drive back
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge off
,
estop
,
evade
,
exclude
,
excurse
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fend
,
fend off
,
flinch
,
flop
,
fly off
,
forbid
,
foreclose
,
forestall
,
gee
,
get sidetracked
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go astray
,
go off
,
hang back
,
haul around
,
haw
,
head off
,
heel
,
help
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold off
,
improve
,
indispose
,
jib
,
jibe
,
keep at bay
,
keep from
,
keep off
,
make way for
,
maunder
,
meliorate
,
mitigate
,
modulate
,
move aside
,
mutate
,
obstruct
,
obviate
,
parry
,
preclude
,
prevent
,
prohibit
,
pull back
,
push back
,
put back
,
put off
,
quail
,
quench
,
ramble
,
rebuff
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
repel
,
repulse
,
retreat
,
revive
,
rule out
,
save
,
sheer
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stave off
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
stop
,
stray
,
swerve
,
switch
,
tack
,
take a turn
,
trend
,
turn
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
turn from
,
turn into
,
turn off
,
turn the corner
,
undergo a change
,
vary
,
veer
,
veer off
,
wander
,
ward off
,
warp
,
wean from
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
worsen
twinge
collapse
a sharp stab of pain
feel a sudden sharp, local pain
related words >
ache
,
acute pain
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
bite
,
blanch
,
blench
,
boring pain
,
charley horse
,
cramp
,
cramps
,
crick
,
darting pain
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
fulgurant pain
,
girdle pain
,
gnawing
,
grimace
,
gripe
,
griping
,
have a misery
,
hitch
,
hurt
,
jumping pain
,
kink
,
lancinating pain
,
misery
,
nip
,
pain
,
pang
,
paroxysm
,
pinch
,
pound
,
prick
,
seizure
,
sharp pain
,
shoot
,
shooting
,
shooting pain
,
shrink
,
smart
,
spasm
,
stab
,
stabbing pain
,
stitch
,
suffer
,
thrill
,
throb
,
throes
,
tingle
,
tormen
,
tweak
,
twitch
,
wince
,
wrench
,
writhe
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