Synonyms of blenches

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recoils
• flinches
• winces
• shrinks
• cringes
• shudders
• hesitates
• trembles
• shakes
• squinches
• quails
• retreats
• withdraws
• quivers
• whitens
• pales
• crouches
• blanches
• jerks
• quakes
• retires
• falters
• starts
• reels
• recedes
• twitches
• wavers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• advances
• approaches
• nears
• faces
• challenges
• confronts
• defies
• beards

blenches

2 of 2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bleaches
• fades
• decolorizes
• brightens
• pales
• snows
• whitens
• washes out
• blanches
• dulls
• dims
• lightens
• mattes
• etiolates
• mats
• matts
• frosts
• whitewashes
• silvers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deepens
• darkens
• patterns
• embrowns
• stripes
• shades
• blackens
• spots
• discolors
• tarnishes
• streaks
• mottles
• colors
• flecks
• paints
• pigments
• specks
• marbles
• dyes
• dapples
• daubs
• striates
• speckles
• checkers
• tints
• stains
• shines
• tinges
• polychromes
• variegates
• blotches
• splotches
• tinctures
• polishes
• burnishes