v. wince, draw back, withdraw, cower, cringe, recoil, start, quail, blench, shrink (from), shy (away) (from), dodge, duck Each time he raised the whip, I flinched
FLINCH
Meaning of FLINCH in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012