recoiling
present participle ofrecoil
recoil
verb[I]
uk/rɪˈkɔɪl/us/rɪˈkɔɪl/tomoveback because offearordisgust(=dislikeordisapproval):
Heleanedforwardtokissher and she recoiledinhorror.
I recoiledfromthesmelland thefilth.
torefusetoacceptanideaorprinciple,feelingstrongdislikeordisapproval:
Shewonderedhow it would be totouchhim and recoiledatthethought.
Making short, sudden movements
- aquiver
- convulse
- convulsion
- convulsive
- cringe
- flick
- jerkiness
- jerky
- jig
- jiggle
- jiggly
- pull away
- quiver
- shrink
- shudder
- squirm
- tremulous
- whip
- worry atsomething
- wriggle
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Reacting and responding
Examplesofrecoiling
recoiling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
At other moments their response to a situation seemed best reflected in a seesaw action, one actor lurching forward, anotherrecoiling.
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Recoiling, the attendant responded with her own tweak.
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He did not know what had happened to them, but found the entire grouprecoilingsuddenly.
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That immoral doctrine had its vogue, but now the disadvantages of it arerecoilingupon the insurance scheme.
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The people who should berecoilingfrom the discussion are those who are losing.
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Phrases like "social security"and"collective security" have a terrible habit ofrecoilingupon mankind.
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Let us not end uprecoilingin fear or engaging in exaggerated rhetoric every time we debate a proposal containing the word ‘tax’.
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Legislation of this sort has a way ofrecoilingupon its authors.
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The result of the inquiries is to show that this unfortunate accident resulted from the rocket striking the ship's bridge-plating andrecoiling.
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It isrecoilingon their own heads now.
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If people have information which they cannot substantiate, they are hesitant to give it for fear of that factrecoilingupon their heads in proceedings taken against them.
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One of those is correcting the alignment of weak muscles as well as facilitating joint motion as a result of the tape'srecoilingqualities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Relaxation of the diaphragm has the opposite effect, passivelyrecoilingduring normal breathing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The lever ejector was installed in the trigger housing and is actuated by therecoilingbolt.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A special effort, an effort of self-awareness is needed that almost impossible feat of thoughtrecoilingupon itself: almost impossible but not quite.
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