wince

An expression of involuntarily flinching or shrinking away, as from pain, distress, surprise, or cringing from extreme embarrassment. May be accompanied by one eye closed or clenched teeth.

Examples

Cringing from disgust

Wincing from pain

Flinching

See also

• one eye closed
• flinch
• grimace
• Tag group:Face tags

The following tags are aliased to this tag: cringe (learn more).