Synonyms of quails

quails

verb

present tense third-person singular of quail

1

as in flinches

to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust

we quailed when the waiter unexpectedly presented us with a hindquarter of frog's legs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flinches
• recoils
• winces
• cringes
• shudders
• trembles
• shrinks
• blenches
• hesitates
• quivers
• squinches
• shakes
• whitens
• crouches
• pales
• quakes
• blanches
• retreats
• twitches
• withdraws
• jerks
• falters
• reels
• recedes
• retires
• starts
• wavers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approaches
• advances
• faces
• nears
• challenges
• confronts
• defies
• beards

2

as in cringes

to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission

brave resisters who did not quail before the tyrant's iron hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cringes
• flinches
• cowers
• recoils
• grovels
• fawns
• blanches
• whitens
• shrinks
• blenches
• kowtows
• toadies
• squinches