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Answer for the clue "Reacted to a really bad pun ", 6 letters:
winced

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wince \Wince\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Winced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wincing .] [OE. wincen, winchen, OF. quencir, guenchir, guenchier, giencier, guinchier, and (assumed) winchier, winchir, to give way, to turn aside, fr. OHG. wankjan, wenken, to give way, to waver, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: wince )

Usage examples of winced.

A tracked assault pod straight out of her childhood nightmare bounced crazily from the escort's docking bay and its artificial gravity, to the cruiser's, landing so hard that Sassinak winced in sympathy with its contents, enemies though they were.

Braddon picked up the box, carelessly, and Tia winced as the first lump inside visibly disintegrated more.

Inwardly he also winced at the comments likely being made by other teams about Team One.

He sat up on the edge of that remark and winced, settling back again in the low chair.

Todd started to sit up, and winced at the pain of his bruised muscles.

Kelly winced because suddenly she was sure that the kids were in trouble, only Todd had broken the connection before she could tell him that.

To Todd's surprise and concern, Castleton visibly winced at his wording.

She winced, thinking of what would happen when its signal finally reached a Fleet relay station, if she hadn't managed to get word through on a sublight link earlier.

It is precisely that one - and I know you don't want to hear the name, because you didn't even want to hear about the hydroxy-group cleavage - ‘ Sassinak winced at her sarcasm, but let it pass.

She ran as she had not had to run for years, scrabbled at the hatch cover, threw it back, and winced as another alarm siren and light came on.

There was no sensation of movement, but Alex clearly heard the scrape of ice along her hull, and winced, knowing that without a long stint in dry dock, Tia would look worse than Hank's old tramp-freighter.

She held out a plastic pouch full of shimmering green liquid, and Nancia winced in anticipation as the redhead tore off the sealstrip with two short, strong fingers.

Nancia winced, shut down her instinctive read-responses, and opened a minuscule slit of awareness onto a tiny portion of the data.

He winced again when he thought of the places some blows, kicks and punches had landed.

She winced slightly as the door closed with an audible swoosh, annoyed that any other sound marred the perfection of what she was hearing.