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Antonyms for quail
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  1. quail

    Antonyms:
    stand, defy, withstand, face, endure

    Synonyms:
    sink, shrink, cower, succumb, crouch, flinch, blench, tremble

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  1. quailnoun

    flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

  2. quailverb

    small gallinaceous game birds

  3. flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quailverb

    draw back, as with fear or pain

    "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

    Synonyms:
    rebound, cower, bound, shrivel up, reverberate, shrink, flinch, funk, shrivel, grovel, spring, ricochet, kick back, cringe, take a hop, wither, backfire, bounce, backlash, resile, reduce, wince, kick, recoil, squinch, creep, crawl, squint, contract, fawn

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  1. quailnoun

    Synonyms:
    bobwhite

  2. quailverb

    Synonyms:
    tremble, cower, flinch, quake, blench, falter

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