| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust: blench1, cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, start, wince. See APPROACH, SEEK. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Not enough to meet a demand or requirement: deficient, inadequate, insufficient, scarce, short, under, wanting. See BIG, EXCESS. 2. Not forward but reticent or reserved in manner: backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, modest, retiring, self-effacing, timid. See RESTRAINT.
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