Crossword clues for wincing
wincing
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, fr. winchan to turn aside, to nod, akin to E. wink. See Wink.]
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To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word.
--Shak. To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces.
Wincing \Win"cing\, n. The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with a wince. Wincing machine.
A wince.
--Ure.A succession of winces. See Wince.
--Knight.
Wiktionary
n. The act by which someone winces; a grimace. vb. (present participle of wince English)
Usage examples of "wincing".
By his brooding on the perpetual failure, not only of others, but of himself, to live up to his imaginative ideals, his consequent cynical scorn for humanity, the jejune credulity as to the absolute validity of his ideals and the unworthiness of the world in disregarding them, his wincings and mockeries under the sting of the petty disillusions which every hour spent among men brings to his infallibly quick observation, he has acquired the half tragic, half ironic air, the mysterious moodiness, the suggestion of a strange and terrible history that has left him nothing but undying remorse, by which Childe Harold fascinated the grandmothers of his English contemporaries.