wince
verb
[ wɪns ]
• make a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of pain or distress.
• "he winced at the disgust in her voice"
Similar:
grimace,
pull a face,
flinch,
blench,
start,
draw back,
shrink away,
recoil,
cringe,
squirm,
wince
noun
• an instance of wincing.
Origin:
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘kick restlessly from pain or impatience’): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French guenchir ‘turn aside’.
wince
noun
• a roller for moving textile fabric through a dyeing vat.
Origin:
late 17th century (in the sense ‘winch’): variant of winch.
