blench

blench – [ blench ] – Verb (used without object)

  • to shrink; flinch; quail: an unsteady eye that blenched under another’s gaze.

WORDS RELATED TO BLENCH
tremble, wince, quaver, shudder, recoil, shake, quail, cringe, shrink

ORIGIN OF BLENCH
before 1000; Middle English blenchen, Old English blencan; cognate with Old Norse blekkja, Middle High German blenken

OTHER WORDS FROM BLENCH

  • blench·er, noun
  • blench·ing·ly, adverb

ORIGIN OF BLENCH
First recorded in 1805–15; variant of blanch

EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR BLENCH

  • But though it fell, the people of the dauntless city did not blench.
  • Perhaps the girl had been expecting it, for she did not blench, though Eubank’s eyes were on her face.
  • His cheek did not blench, his lips quiver, nor his limbs tremble.
  • If that ye stammer or blench, or anyways boggle at the swearing, he will not believe you; and by the mass, he shall die.
  • The tone was sharp and defiant, the smile scornful and satirical, but she did blench—no doubt of it.


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