To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.
Infinitiveflinch
Past simpleflinched
Past participleflinched
-ing formflinching
Full conjugation of the English verb to flinch (past simple flinched,
past participle flinched):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
flinch
you
flinch
he/she/it
flinches
we
flinch
you
flinch
they
flinch
Present continuous
I
am flinching
you
are flinching
he/she/it
is flinching
we
are flinching
you
are flinching
they
are flinching
Present perfect
I
have flinched
you
have flinched
he/she/it
has flinched
we
have flinched
you
have flinched
they
have flinched
Present perfect continuous
I
have been flinching
you
have been flinching
he/she/it
has been flinching
we
have been flinching
you
have been flinching
they
have been flinching
Past simple
I
flinched
you
flinched
he/she/it
flinched
we
flinched
you
flinched
they
flinched
Past continuous
I
was flinching
you
were flinching
he/she/it
was flinching
we
were flinching
you
were flinching
they
were flinching
Past perfect
I
had flinched
you
had flinched
he/she/it
had flinched
we
had flinched
you
had flinched
they
had flinched
Past perfect continuous
I
had been flinching
you
had been flinching
he/she/it
had been flinching
we
had been flinching
you
had been flinching
they
had been flinching
Future simple
I
will flinch
you
will flinch
he/she/it
will flinch
we
will flinch
you
will flinch
they
will flinch
Future continuous
I
will be flinching
you
will be flinching
he/she/it
will be flinching
we
will be flinching
you
will be flinching
they
will be flinching
Future perfect
I
will have flinched
you
will have flinched
he/she/it
will have flinched
we
will have flinched
you
will have flinched
they
will have flinched
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been flinching
you
will have been flinching
he/she/it
will have been flinching
we
will have been flinching
you
will have been flinching
they
will have been flinching
Conditional
Present
I
would flinch
you
would flinch
he/she/it
would flinch
we
would flinch
you
would flinch
they
would flinch
Present continuous
I
would be flinching
you
would be flinching
he/she/it
would be flinching
we
would be flinching
you
would be flinching
they
would be flinching
Perfect
I
would have flinched
you
would have flinched
he/she/it
would have flinched
we
would have flinched
you
would have flinched
they
would have flinched
Perfect continuous
I
would have been flinching
you
would have been flinching
he/she/it
would have been flinching
we
would have been flinching
you
would have been flinching
they
would have been flinching
Subjunctive
Present
that I
flinch
that you
flinch
that he/she/it
flinch
that we
flinch
that you
flinch
that they
flinch
Past
if I
flinched
if you
flinched
if he/she/it
flinched
if we
flinched
if you
flinched
if they
flinched
Imperative
Affirmative
you
flinch
we
let's flinch
Negative
you
don't flinch
we
let's not flinch
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to flinch
Perfect infinitive
to have flinched
Present participle / gerund
flinching
Past participle
flinched
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