wincing
present participle ofwince
wince
verb[I]
uk/wɪns/us/wɪns/to showpainorembarrassmentsuddenlyand for ashorttimein theface, oftenmovingtheheadback at the sametime:
Did Ihurtyou? IthoughtIsawyou wince.
It makes me winceeventhinkingabouteyeoperations.
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quailverbliterary
flinch
- Themerememoryof theinjurymade him wince.
- He winced in theheadlights'glare.
- I didn'twantto wince everytimeIsawapictureof myself.
Pain & painful
- -racked
- be murder onsomethingidiom
- brain freeze
- cluster headache
- dully
- dysmenorrhea
- excruciating
- grief
- groan
- neuralgia
- painful
- rawness
- sciatic
- sciatica
- sharpness
- sore
- soreness
- sting
- stitch
- tingle
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Grimacing and frowning
Examplesofwincing
wincing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Does his "wincing" at the pain of her memory mark his own feelings of shame at her ruin?
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I saw one or twowincingat the notion that they were maintaining a system of such horrible inequity.
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She seems to bewincing.
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I say the country would have allowed you withoutwincingto stretch a good many points in order that this desire for dramatic effect should not be disappointed.
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He slides downwincingas hundreds of thorns break off and lands on a skeleton of a bull.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is a euphemism forwincing, so it went in the bin.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rochefort, an able horseman, attempted to ride and act, but was obviouslywincingin pain, and required assistance dismounting and walking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is portrayed as more light-hearted in earlier seasons, though stillwincingfrom three failed marriages.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fred,wincingat the cost, buys them.
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