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flinchy

flinchy adjective: tending to flinch easily; timid, shy.

Adjective

flinchy

  1. Tending to flinch easily; timid, shy.

Origin of flinchy

From flinch + -y.

Questions about flinchy

What does flinchy mean?
Flinchy means tending to flinch easily; timid, shy.
What part of speech is flinchy?
Flinchy is an adjective.

Words near flinchy in the dictionary

  1. flinchings
  2. flinchless
  3. flincht
  4. Flinchum
  5. Flinchums
  6. flinchy
  7. flinder
  8. flindered
  9. flindering
  10. flindermice
  11. flindermouse

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