Verb: blench blench
- [dialect] Turn pale, as if in fear
"She blenched at the sight of the ghost";
- pale, blanch
- Draw back, as with fear or pain
"she blenched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf";
- flinch, squinch [N. Amer], funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
Derived forms: blenched, blenches, blenching
Type of: color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], move
Encyclopedia: Blench