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Synonyms for recoil
rɪˈkɔɪl; ˈriˌkɔɪl, rɪˈkɔɪlre·coil
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Princeton's WordNet
recoil, kicknoun
the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
Synonyms:
charge, rebound, repercussion, kicking, squawk, rush, bang, gripe, kick, backlash, boot, thrill, flush, bitch, beefrecoil, repercussion, rebound, backlashverb
a movement back from an impact
Synonyms:
repercussion, rebound, reverberation, kick, backlashflinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quailverb
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
Synonyms:
rebound, cower, bound, shrivel up, reverberate, quail, shrink, flinch, funk, shrivel, grovel, spring, ricochet, kick back, cringe, take a hop, wither, backfire, bounce, backlash, resile, reduce, wince, kick, squinch, creep, crawl, squint, contract, fawnbackfire, backlash, recoilverb
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
"Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
Synonyms:
rebound, spring, quail, flinch, bound, funk, kick, squinch, ricochet, kick back, cringe, bounce, backlash, wince, backfire, resile, reverberate, take a hop, shrinkbounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochetverb
spring back; spring away from an impact
"The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
Synonyms:
spring, forswear, rally, throttle, echo, quail, restrict, funk, ring, abjure, trammel, retract, take form, backfire, flinch, form, wince, ricochet, shrink, border, resound, cringe, rebound, reflect, backlash, confine, leap, restrain, squinch, reverberate, jump, take a hop, kick back, bounce, resile, bound, limit, kick, take shape, jounce, recantkick back, recoil, kickverb
spring back, as from a forceful thrust
"The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
Synonyms:
rebound, sound off, kick back, quail, spring, flinch, funk, plain, kick, squinch, ricochet, cringe, give up, bounce, backlash, kvetch, wince, quetch, backfire, resile, complain, reverberate, take a hop, shrink, bound
Dictionary of English Synonymes
recoilverb
Synonyms:
rebound, reverberate, react, spring back, fly back, bound backrecoilverb
recoilnoun
Synonyms:
resilience, rebound, reaction
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#368 | form | |
#1204 | contract | |
#1249 | spring | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1517 | ring | |
#1861 | jump | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2110 | limit | |
#3226 | plain | |
#3282 | border | |
#3336 | reflect | |
#3403 | bound | |
#3579 | boot | |
#3764 | echo | |
#4051 | bang | |
#4640 | rush | |
#5089 | kick | |
#5584 | beef | |
#6609 | rally | |
#7110 | bitch | |
#8260 | funk | |
#9330 | flush | |
#9424 | restrict | |
#9429 | rebound | |
#10365 | leap | |
#10641 | complain | |
#10952 | bounce | |
#13138 | kicking | |
#13161 | shrink | |
#14216 | crawl | |
#14709 | thrill | |
#16912 | throttle | |
#18621 | creep | |
#22782 | quail | |
#25905 | backlash | |
#30094 | restrain | |
#30821 | fawn | |
#31728 | recoil | |
#31924 | wince | |
#36343 | confine | |
#37595 | gripe | |
#38092 | retract | |
#43010 | cringe | |
#47072 | ricochet | |
#49828 | wither | |
#52900 | backfire | |
#67091 | squint | |
#74626 | reverberation | |
#76457 | flinch | |
#89003 | squawk | |
#90491 | resound | |
#102486 | cower | |
#111104 | trammel | |
#113280 | reverberate | |
#116571 | grovel | |
#127638 | kvetch | |
#128134 | recant | |
#137114 | shrivel | |
#144931 | repercussion | |
#212527 | abjure | |
#249199 | forswear |
How to use recoil in a sentence?
I mean it literally just shot and you could hear it just like a gunshot, it had recoil and everything and it just shot me straight up in the face, this part hit here and all my teeth in the front were broken.
It's a bit like seeing a silly film of yourself a bit drunk at a party and being forced to watch it. You recoil somewhat, it's not a place I like to go back to, reliving the old days, (though) I have a degree of affection for the little twit.
Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
If past is prologue, the regime will always move aggressively forward when it senses American weakness and recoil when it sensed American strength.
I believe this photo strikes a nerve for a lot of people, many people shiver and recoil when they see it, imagining themselves in the fishermen's shoes.
Translations for recoil
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- rekylDanish
- Rückstoß, zurückschreckenGerman
- echarse atrás, retrocesoSpanish
- پس زدنPersian
- rekyyli, hätkähtääFinnish
- bakslátturFaroese
- reculer, reculFrench
- rinculoItalian
- 反動, 後座, 跳ね返るJapanese
- etiMāori
- terugdeinzen, terugschrikken, terugslag, terugtrekkenDutch
- tilbakevirkning, rekyl, rekylere, spenne tilbake, gyse tilbake, trekke seg tilbake, springe tilbake, sprette tilbake, tilbakestøt, tilbakeslagNorwegian
- recuo, coicePortuguese
- отдача, отшатнуться, отшатываться, отпрянуть, отпрядыватьRussian
- rekylSwedish
- geri tepmeTurkish
- 畏缩Chinese
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