winced
past simple and past 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.
Compare
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
Examplesofwinced
winced
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Theywincedunder their wry faces, afraid to stand and afraid to run away.
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With people holding her, she went down the three steps and then saw the long approach and the stairs, andwincedvisibly.
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Many of us havewincedunder the lash of his tongue, including myself on more than one occasion.
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Iwincedslightly when he said that he would give full and constructive opposition.
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I not onlywinced, but grimaced, and looked even more ugly.
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Hewincedwhen the auditor's report was mentioned, and it is worthwhile looking at that report.
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Those closest to the scientific fields under discussion, geology and vertebrate paleontology, certainlywinced, particularly as they found themselves quoted, mentioned, or misspelled.
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