blench
verb /blentʃ/
/blentʃ/
[intransitive] (British English, formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they blench | /blentʃ/ /blentʃ/ |
| he / she / it blenches | /ˈblentʃɪz/ /ˈblentʃɪz/ |
| past simple blenched | /blentʃt/ /blentʃt/ |
| past participle blenched | /blentʃt/ /blentʃt/ |
| -ing form blenching | /ˈblentʃɪŋ/ /ˈblentʃɪŋ/ |
- to react to something in a way that shows you are frightened
- He blenched when he heard her name announced.
Word OriginOld English blencan ‘deceive’, of Germanic origin; later influenced by blink.