Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flinch
Participle: flinched
Gerund: flinching
Indicative
Present
| I | flinch |
| you | flinch |
| he;she;it | flinches |
| we | flinch |
| you | flinch |
| they | flinch |
Perfect
| I | have flinched |
| you | have flinched |
| he;she;it | has flinched |
| we | have flinched |
| you | have flinched |
| they | have flinched |
Past
| I | flinched |
| you | flinched |
| he;she;it | flinched |
| we | flinched |
| you | flinched |
| they | flinched |
Pluperfect
| I | had flinched |
| you | had flinched |
| he;she;it | had flinched |
| we | had flinched |
| you | had flinched |
| they | had flinched |
Future
| I | will flinch |
| you | will flinch |
| he;she;it | will flinch |
| we | will flinch |
| you | will flinch |
| they | will flinch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flinched |
| you | will have flinched |
| he;she;it | will have flinched |
| we | will have flinched |
| you | will have flinched |
| they | will have flinched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flinch |
| you | flinch |
| he;she;it | flinch |
| we | flinch |
| you | flinch |
| they | flinch |
Perfect
| I | have flinched |
| you | have flinched |
| he;she;it | have flinched |
| we | have flinched |
| you | have flinched |
| they | have flinched |
Imperfect
| I | flinched |
| you | flinched |
| he;she;it | flinched |
| we | flinched |
| you | flinched |
| they | flinched |
Pluperfect
| I | had flinched |
| you | had flinched |
| he;she;it | had flinched |
| we | had flinched |
| you | had flinched |
| they | had flinched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flinch |
| you | would flinch |
| he;she;it | would flinch |
| we | would flinch |
| you | would flinch |
| they | would flinch |
Perfect
| I | would have flinched |
| you | would have flinched |
| he;she;it | would have flinched |
| we | would have flinched |
| you | would have flinched |
| they | would have flinched |
Imperative
| you | flinch |
| we | Let's flinch |
| you | flinch |
Verbs conjugated like 'flinch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flinch'
clinch,
finch,
flench,
flitch,
blanch,
blench,
cinch,
clench,
clitch,
crinch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1579, from obsolete
flecche "to bend, flinch," probably from O.Fr.
flenchir "to bend," from Frank.
*hlankjan (cf. M.H.G.
linken, Ger.
lenken "to bend, turn, lead").
2. From Middle French flenchir (“to bend”), from Old French flenchir, flanchir, from Frankish *hlankijan, from Proto-Germanic *hlankijaną (“to bend, twist, flex”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind”). Cognate with Old High German hlenken, whence Middle High German lenken (“to bend”), Modern German lenken (“to cause to veer or turn aside, steer”). Attested in English since the 16th century. See: Proto-Germanic '
*hlankijaną', Middle High German '
lenken', German, old spelling '
lenken'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] till, as often happens, my zeal overacted. Stubbs complained to my father that he couldn't manage the hands, and must resign his position. Father was a fond, indulgent husband, but a man that never flinched from anything that he thought necessary; and so he put down his foot, like a rock, between us and the field-hands. He told my mother, in language perfectly respectful and deferential, but quite [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)