Antonyms for blench
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : blench |
Phonetic Transcription : blɛntʃ |
Definition of blench
Origin :- Old English blencan "deceive, cheat," from Proto-Germanic *blenk- "to shine, dazzle, blind," from PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)). Sense of "move suddenly, wince, dodge" is from c.1300. Related: Blenched; blenching.
- verb flinch
- Like Hamlet with the king at the play, "If he but blench, I know my course!"
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- But she did not blench in the least, though she remembered whose words he was quoting.
- Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- But though it fell, the people of the dauntless city did not blench.
- Extract from : « Vistas in Sicily » by Arthur Stanley Riggs
- His cheek did not blench, his lips quiver, nor his limbs tremble.
- Extract from : « Bits of Blarney » by R. Shelton Mackenzie
- Now it is the turn of his judges to blench, for his persecutors to tremble.
- Extract from : « The Strange Story of Rab Rby » by Mr Jkai
- This word, sometimes confounded with ‘unblanched,’ is from blench, a causal of blink.
- Extract from : « Milton's Comus » by John Milton
- Some things he had never yet talked about; it made his mind blench to think of talking about them.
- Extract from : « Soul of a Bishop » by H. G. Wells
- Musa got closer to Mr. Ziegler, who did not blench nor cease from his humming.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Share » by E. Arnold Bennett
- It had to be looked out on the map, but the chauffeur, trained to the hour, did not blench.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Share » by E. Arnold Bennett
- It did not blench, and I began to wonder if, after all, he might not be honest.
- Extract from : « The Princess Passes » by Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson
Synonyms for blench
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