Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wince
Participle: winced
Gerund: wincing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | wince |
| you | wince |
| he;she;it | winces |
| we | wince |
| you | wince |
| they | wince |
Perfect
| I | have winced |
| you | have winced |
| he;she;it | has winced |
| we | have winced |
| you | have winced |
| they | have winced |
Past
| I | winced |
| you | winced |
| he;she;it | winced |
| we | winced |
| you | winced |
| they | winced |
Pluperfect
| I | had winced |
| you | had winced |
| he;she;it | had winced |
| we | had winced |
| you | had winced |
| they | had winced |
Future
| I | will wince |
| you | will wince |
| he;she;it | will wince |
| we | will wince |
| you | will wince |
| they | will wince |
Future Perfect
| I | will have winced |
| you | will have winced |
| he;she;it | will have winced |
| we | will have winced |
| you | will have winced |
| they | will have winced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wince |
| you | wince |
| he;she;it | wince |
| we | wince |
| you | wince |
| they | wince |
Perfect
| I | have winced |
| you | have winced |
| he;she;it | have winced |
| we | have winced |
| you | have winced |
| they | have winced |
Imperfect
| I | winced |
| you | winced |
| he;she;it | winced |
| we | winced |
| you | winced |
| they | winced |
Pluperfect
| I | had winced |
| you | had winced |
| he;she;it | had winced |
| we | had winced |
| you | had winced |
| they | had winced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wince |
| you | would wince |
| he;she;it | would wince |
| we | would wince |
| you | would wince |
| they | would wince |
Perfect
| I | would have winced |
| you | would have winced |
| he;she;it | would have winced |
| we | would have winced |
| you | would have winced |
| they | would have winced |
Imperative
| you | wince |
| we | Let's wince |
| you | wince |
Verbs conjugated like 'wince'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'wince'
mince,
winch,
wine,
cinch,
dance,
dice,
dine,
dwine,
evince,
fence,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225,
winch, probably from O.N.Fr.
*wenchier (in O.Fr.
guenchir "to turn aside, avoid"), from Frank.
*wenkjan (cf. O.H.G.
wankon "to stagger, totter," O.N.
vakka "to stray, hover"). Originally of horses. Modern form is attested from c.1290.
2. From Middle English wyncen, from Anglo-Norman winchir (compare Old French guenchir), from Frankish *wankjan, related to *winkijan (“to flex, bend”). See also German winken. See: Middle English '
wyncen', Old French '
guenchir', German, old spelling '
winken'.
Sample Sentences
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“ Softly, softly; don't thee snap and snarl, friend, ” said Phineas, as Tom winced and pushed his hand away. “ Thee has no chance, unless I stop the bleeding. ” And Phineas busied himself with making some off-hand surgical arrangements with his own pocket-handkerchief, and such as [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)