Quail Synonyms and Antonyms

kwāl
To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shrink
  2. wince
  3. flinch
  4. cringe
  5. recoil
  6. blench
  7. cower
  8. tremble
  9. falter
  10. quake
  11. squinch
  12. shy
  13. shake
  14. start
  15. funk
  16. shudder
  17. squealer
  18. tremor
Antonyms:
  1. face
  2. meet

Words Related to Quail

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Quail Sentence Examples

  • A quail punctuated her statement with its crisp call.

  • Somewhere in the distance a Bob-White quail called.

  • The quail lays fifteen or twenty eggs and they are white.

  • The servants were a little discouraged, but soon they brought in a great tray containing two dozen nicely roasted quail on toast.

  • Many visitors are attracted by the fishing (especially for tarpon) and shooting in the vicinity, water-fowl being plentiful in the Bay, and deer, quail and wild turkeys being found in the vicinity inland.

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