(SHOW FEAR) [verb] [I] [literary] - to feel or show fear; to want to able to move away from something because you fear itI was quailing with fear as I opened the envelope containing my exam results.Charlie quailed at the sound of his mother's angry voice.She quailed before her boss's anger.
QUAIL
Meaning of QUAIL in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012