Synonyms for squinch
skwɪntʃsquinch

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1. squinchverb

   a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)

2. squinchverb

   crouch down

   Synonyms:
   shrink, wince, flinch, quail, squint, recoil, funk, cringe

3. flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quailverb

   draw back, as with fear or pain

   "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

   Synonyms:
   rebound, cower, bound, shrivel up, reverberate, quail, shrink, flinch, funk, shrivel, grovel, spring, ricochet, kick back, cringe, take a hop, wither, backfire, bounce, backlash, resile, reduce, wince, kick, recoil, creep, crawl, squint, contract, fawn

4. squint, squinchverb

   cross one's eyes as if in strabismus

   "The children squinted so as to scare each other"

   Synonyms:
   recoil, wince, flinch, squint, quail, shrink, funk, cringe

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1. • Crouch
   • Grimace
   • Move

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