wince


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wince

 (wĭns)
intr.v. winced, winc·ing, winc·es
To shrink or start involuntarily, as in pain or distress; flinch.
n.
A shrinking or startled movement or gesture.
[Middle English wincen, to kick, from Old North French *wencier, variant of Old French guencir, of Germanic origin.]
winc′er n.
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wince

(wɪns)
vb
(intr) to start slightly, as with sudden pain; flinch
n
the act of wincing
[C18 (earlier (C13) meaning: to kick): via Old French wencier, guenchir to avoid, from Germanic; compare Old Saxon wenkian, Old High German wenken]
ˈwincer n

wince

(wɪns)
n
(Dyeing) a roller for transferring pieces of cloth between dyeing vats
[C17: variant of winch]
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wince

(wɪns)

v. winced, winc•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.
n.
2. a wincing or shrinking movement; slight start.
[1250–1300; Middle English winsen, variant of winchen,wenchen to kick < Anglo-French *wenc(h)ier, Old French guenc(h)ier < Germanic; compare wench, winch]
winc′er, n.
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Wince

 of dentists—Lipton, 1970.
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wince


Past participle: winced
Gerund: wincing

Imperative
wince
wince
Present
I wince
you wince
he/she/it winces
we wince
you wince
they wince
Preterite
I winced
you winced
he/she/it winced
we winced
you winced
they winced
Present Continuous
I am wincing
you are wincing
he/she/it is wincing
we are wincing
you are wincing
they are wincing
Present Perfect
I have winced
you have winced
he/she/it has winced
we have winced
you have winced
they have winced
Past Continuous
I was wincing
you were wincing
he/she/it was wincing
we were wincing
you were wincing
they were wincing
Past Perfect
I had winced
you had winced
he/she/it had winced
we had winced
you had winced
they had winced
Future
I will wince
you will wince
he/she/it will wince
we will wince
you will wince
they will wince
Future Perfect
I will have winced
you will have winced
he/she/it will have winced
we will have winced
you will have winced
they will have winced
Future Continuous
I will be wincing
you will be wincing
he/she/it will be wincing
we will be wincing
you will be wincing
they will be wincing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wincing
you have been wincing
he/she/it has been wincing
we have been wincing
you have been wincing
they have been wincing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wincing
you will have been wincing
he/she/it will have been wincing
we will have been wincing
you will have been wincing
they will have been wincing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wincing
you had been wincing
he/she/it had been wincing
we had been wincing
you had been wincing
they had been wincing
Conditional
I would wince
you would wince
he/she/it would wince
we would wince
you would wince
they would wince
Past Conditional
I would have winced
you would have winced
he/she/it would have winced
we would have winced
you would have winced
they would have winced
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.wince - the facial expression of sudden pain
facial expression, facial gesture - a gesture executed with the facial muscles
2.wince - a reflex response to sudden pain
flinch
startle, jump, start - a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
Verb1.wince - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch
move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
shrink back, retract - pull away from a source of disgust or fear
2.wince - make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"
grimace, make a face, pull a face - contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"
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wince

verb
1. flinch, start, shrink, cringe, quail, recoil, cower, draw back, blench He tightened his grip on her arm until she winced in pain.
noun
1. flinch, start, cringe She winced at the memory of their first date.
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wince

verb
To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust:
blench, cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, shy, start.
noun
An act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion:
cringe, flinch, recoil, shrink.
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Translations
يَقْفِزُ ألَماً
krympe sig
összerezzen
kveinka sér
sarauties/saviebties no sāpēm
acıyla geri çekilmek

wince

[wɪns]
A. N [of revulsion] → mueca f; [of pain] → mueca f de dolor
he said with a wince → dijo con una mueca
B. VI (= shudder) → estremecerse
he winced in pain → hizo una mueca de dolor
he winced at the thought of dining with Camilla → la idea de cenar con Camilla le hacía estremecer
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wince

[ˈwɪns]
n → grimace f
vi → grimacer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wince

n → (Zusammen)zucken nt; ouch, he said with a wince → autsch, sagte er und zuckte zusammen; to give a wince (of pain) → (vor Schmerz) zusammenzucken
vi → zusammenzucken
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wince

[wɪns]
1. n to give a wince → rabbrividire; (grimace) → smorfia
2. vi → rabbrividire; (grimace) → fare una smorfia (di dolore)
he winced at the thought → rabbrividì al pensiero
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

wince

(wins) verb
to start or jump with pain. He winced as the dentist touched his broken tooth.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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It was Miss Bartlett's turn to wince. "However," said the girl, despising her cousin's shiftiness, "What's done's done.
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She put her fingers into her mouth, and Sheldon winced as he saw her blow, like a boy, a sharp, imperious whistle--the call she always used for her sailors, and that always made him wince.
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He mapped out Luigi's character and disposition, his tastes, aversions, proclivities, ambitions, and eccentricities in a way which sometimes made Luigi wince and the others laugh, but both twins declared that the chart was artistically drawn and was correct.
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To his surprise, the dog did not wince under the blow.
By neither wince nor blink had the dog acknowledged the blow.
The dog did not live that could take a full-arm whip-slash without wince or flinch.
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I had seen the heads and faces of ten youths gashed in every direction by the keen two-edged blades, and yet had not seen a victim wince, nor heard a moan, or detected any fleeting expression which confessed the sharp pain the hurts were inflicting.
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He paused at that, for he saw his father wince at the picture like a man physically struck; and again there was silence.
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A great pull!' said Traddles, with a wince, as if he had had a tooth out.
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Another has the toothache: the carpenter out pincers, and clapping one hand upon his bench bids him be seated there; but the poor fellow unmanageably winces under the unconcluded operation; whirling round the handle of his wooden vice, the carpenter signs him to clap his jaw in that, if he would have him draw the tooth.
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PM may wince as she reads his letter but she will know he is right
2 courses on menu and both are rotten

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