verb
- drawing back or tensing up involuntarily, especially from pain or distress
Usage: present participle of ‘wince’
noun
- the act of drawing back or tensing up involuntarily from pain or distress
Usage: gerund form
Examples
- She was wincing as the doctor cleaned her wound.
- He kept wincing every time he moved his injured shoulder.
- The loud noise had everyone wincing and covering their ears.
- I couldn’t help wincing at the terrible joke.
- His constant wincing showed how much pain he was in.
- The wincing stopped once the medication took effect.
- She tried to hide her wincing during the difficult conversation.