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Definition of Shrink back
1. Verb. Pull away from a source of disgust or fear.
Generic synonyms: Cringe, Flinch, Funk, Quail, Recoil, Shrink, Squinch, Wince
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrink Back
Literary usage of Shrink back
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"... her t. sad Klo;sa spread SA 30$ shrink back to ту paternal С. tHi 76 Depriv'd
ut soon ofour paternal С. S. vi 59 /M /A«» ..."
2. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1918)
"... shrink back with shame and horror. Slavery, then, is gone, and I thank God
for it. I speak it now in South Carolina, and in the presence of those who, ..."
3. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1900)
"... and who, if the vision of long ago begins to dawn again on our life and we
shrink back from it so far and so fair because we feel unworthy, ..."
4. Annotations Upon Popular Hymns: For Use in Praise Meetings by Charles Seymour Robinson (1893)
"IDS. WHS' is thy faith, O child of God, so small ? Why doth thy heart shrink back
at duty's call? ..."
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