blenchverb [ I ]
uk/blentʃ/us/blentʃ/to move back or away suddenly or react physically because something frightens, disgusts (= shocks), or upsets you:
At the sight of the dead animal, Diana blenched.
humorous to be very unwilling to do something:
My sister blenches at the very thought of changing a baby's nappy.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not liking
- abhor
- abide
- abominate
- antipathy
- averse
- hate
- hate sb's guts idiom
- have a problem with sth/sb idiom
- have a thing about sth/sb idiom
- have it in for sb idiom
- leave
- not take kindly to sth idiom
- phobic
- problem
- put
- put sb off (sth/sb)
- see sth in sb/sth
- take against sb
- thing
- turn
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Unwilling and reluctant