blench

(Inglés)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
2. (intransitive) To quail.
3. (transitive) To deceive; cheat.
4. (transitive) To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
5. (transitive) To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
6. (intransitive) To fly off; to turn aside.

Noun

1. A deceit; a trick.
2. A sidelong glance.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/blɛnt͡ʃ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: blench

Heredado de inglés antiguo: blenċan

Cognado con islandés: blekkja

In summary

From Middle English blench and blenchen, from Old English blenċan (“to deceive, cheat”), from Proto-Germanic *blankijaną (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-. Cognate with Icelandic blekkja (“to deceive, cheat, impose upon”).

Conceptos

retroceder

cejar

recular

Sinónimos

flinch

blanch

pale

fall back

shrink

recoil

deceive

climb down

draw back

ebb

give in

give way to

jerk

pull

pull down

quail

recede

relent

retreat

subside

swerve

tear off

whisk away

whiten

yank

yield

defer to

subduce

back

🔙

doggle

abate

back down

balk

blink

bow

🙇

cave in

Traducciones

δειλιάζω

οπισθοχωρώ

ωχριώ

zurückschrecken

ürkmek

😨

blêmir

çekinmek

empal·lidir

اِصْفرّ

صفر لون وجهه

أصبح شاحب

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