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单词 blenched
释义

blench

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verb (1)

ˈblench How to pronounce blench (audio)
blenched; blenching; blenches

intransitive verb

: to draw back or turn aside from lack of courage : flinch

blench

2 of 2

verb (2)

blenched; blenching; blenches
: bleach, whiten

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If a stranger approaches you in a dark alley, it might cause you to blench. Do you flinch or turn white? Actually, you could do both, and both would be considered blenching because there are two separate verbs spelled "blench" in English. The blench that means "to flinch" derives from blencan, an Old English word meaning "to deceive." The blench meaning "to turn white" is an alteration of blanch, from the French adjective blanc ("white"). Clues to which meaning is intended can often be found in context. The "flinch" use, for example, is strictly intransitive and often followed by from or at ("blenched from the sight of blood"; "didn’t blench at the sound of thunder"). The "whiten" use, meanwhile, can be intransitive ("his skin blenched with terror") or transitive ("the cold blenched her lips").

Synonyms

Verb (1)

  • cringe
  • flinch
  • quail
  • recoil
  • shrink
  • squinch
  • wince

Verb (2)

  • blanch
  • bleach
  • decolorize
  • dull
  • fade
  • pale
  • snow
  • wash out
  • whiten
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Voters bored by the whole subject may blench at the prospect. The Economist, 27 Mar. 2018

Word History

Etymology

Verb (1)

Middle English, to deceive, blench, from Old English blencan to deceive; akin to Old Norse blekkja to impose on

Verb (2)

alteration of blanch

First Known Use

Verb (1)

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

1797, in the meaning defined above

blenched 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of blench
as in flinched
to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust she blenched from the horrible sight

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • flinched
  • recoiled
  • winced
  • shuddered
  • cringed
  • trembled
  • blanched
  • quailed
  • shrunk
  • hesitated
  • shrank
  • quivered
  • squinched
  • shook
  • whitened
  • paled
  • crouched
  • quaked
  • retreated
  • withdrew
  • jerked
  • twitched
  • faltered
  • receded
  • reeled
  • retired
  • wavered
  • started

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • advanced
  • approached
  • faced
  • confronted
  • challenged
  • neared
  • bearded
  • defied
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blenched

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verb (2)

past tense of blench
as in bleached
to make white or whiter by removing color we'll have to blench the sheets with bleach to restore that snow-white look

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • bleached
  • faded
  • blanched
  • brightened
  • whitened
  • paled
  • decolorized
  • dulled
  • washed out
  • lightened
  • dimmed
  • snowed
  • silvered
  • matted
  • etiolated
  • frosted
  • whitewashed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • darkened
  • deepened
  • blackened
  • streaked
  • embrowned
  • flecked
  • painted
  • mottled
  • blotched
  • dyed
  • speckled
  • daubed
  • spotted
  • discolored
  • striped
  • stained
  • shaded
  • tinted
  • colored
  • variegated
  • splotched
  • striated
  • checkered
  • patterned
  • marbled
  • tinged
  • specked
  • shone
  • burnished
  • dappled
  • pigmented
  • polished
  • tinctured
  • tarnished
  • shined
  • polychromed
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