recoiling in English

verb
1
suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust.
he recoiled in horror
synonyms:draw backjump backpull backflinchshy awayshrink (back)
verb

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1. 19 The aluminized Mylar reflects sunlight, thereby deriving a little kick from the recoiling photons.

2. Synonyms for Abominating include abhorring, despising, detesting, hating, loathing, disliking, execrating, recoiling from, shuddering at and disapproving

3. Synonyms for Blenching include recoiling, shrinking, flinching, wincing, cringing, quailing, shying, starting, shuddering and faltering

4. Synonyms for Cowering include retreating, shrinking, blenching, flinching, recoiling, blanching, hiding, backing away, drawing back and pulling back

5. Still, many Western intellectuals, recoiling from the excesses of McCarthyism, and hampered by lack of firsthand information, gave the benefit of the doubt to Mao in the decade that followed.

6. Synonyms for Baulking at include fighting shy of, demurring from, flinching from, recoiling from, scrupling about, hanging back from, having misgivings about, having scruples about, having qualms about and scrupling to

7. Abhorrent (adj.) 1610s, "recoiling (from), strongly opposed to," from Latin abhorentem (nominative abhorrens) "incongruous, inappropriate," present participle of abhorrere "shrink back from, be remote from, be out of harmony with" (see abhor)

8. Abhorrent (adj.) 1610s, "recoiling (from), strongly opposed to," from Latin abhorentem (nominative Abhorrens) "incongruous, inappropriate," present participle of abhorrere "shrink back from, be remote from, be out of harmony with" (see abhor).Meaning "repugnant, loathesome" is from 1650s

9. Set your quick hands to our levers to compass the sped soul's Assoiling; Brace your taut limbs to the shock when the thrust of the barrel recoiling Deafens and stuns! Vengeance is ours for our servants: trust ye the guns! Least of our bond-slaves or greatest, grudge ye the burden ? Hard, is this service of ours which has only our service for