blenches 1 of 2

verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of blench
as in recoils
to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust she blenched from the horrible sight

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blenches

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of blench
as in bleaches
to make white or whiter by removing color we'll have to blench the sheets with bleach to restore that snow-white look

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blenches
  1. recoils
  2. bleaches
  3. flinches
  4. fades
  5. winces
  6. brightens
Verb
  • Looking through scans from his first VIBE story from back in 2012, Rocky laughs at first, then immediately recoils.
    — Jeff Ihaza, VIBE.com, 2 June 2026
  • While JoAnne recoils from Duncan’s machinations, her son Orson finally bottoms out in the supplement pit of the manosphere.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 May 2026
Definition of recoils
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  • His owner, Hannah Gleason from Oklahoma, told Newsweek that the merle gene isn’t a coloring gene rather than a gene that bleaches the fur and causes lack of pigmentation which can lead to birth defects, blindness, deafness, or sometimes all three.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Definition of bleaches
Verb
  • Advertisement Throughout the narrative, Johnson never flinches in his portrayal of the wreck, unleashing footage of investigators approaching the car and the victims’ families.
    — Jake King-Schreifels, Time, 15 May 2026
  • DiVincenzo never flinches at adversity.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Definition of flinches
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  • But rental business owners like Zhao observed that the rental prices have begun to slide as novelty surrounding these stunt-performing androids fades.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • But as hope of finding survivors fades and the number of dead continues to climb, many fear the political aftershocks of the disaster may prove nearly as destabilizing as the earthquake itself.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of fades
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  • The slot formerly occupied by Milli Vanilli will be taken by a dog whistle, being blown into the microphone very loudly so that everyone winces and covers their ears.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
  • Duncan winces, then again attempts to change the subject.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
Definition of winces
Verb
  • The brand uses tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, a gentle, stabilized form of vitamin C that brightens and protects against premature aging.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 4 July 2026
  • The lemon juice brightens the peaches and helps slow browning, a method also recommended for freezing peaches.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
Definition of brightens
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“Blenches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blenches. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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