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Revolt :: Revolt (v. t.) To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings..

Lessen :: Lessen (v. i.) To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened..

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..

Recoil :: Recoil (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood..

Constringe :: Constringe (v. t.) To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.

Abhor :: Abhor (v. t.) To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.

Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To become contracted; to shrink.

Bashful :: Bashful (a.) Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression..

Coy :: Coy (v. i.) To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.

Shram :: Shram (v. t.) To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to benumb.

Blencher :: Blencher (n.) One who blenches, flinches, or shrinks back..

Shrank :: Shrank () imp. of Shrink.

Wince :: Wince (v. i.) To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back..

Shrinkingly :: Shrinkingly (adv.) In a shrinking manner.

Dastard :: Dastard (n.) One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.

Wrinkle :: Wrinkle (v. i.) To shrink into furrows and ridges.

Revolt :: Revolt (n.) To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence..

Shrink :: Shrink (v. t.) To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water..

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake..

Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat..

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