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Synonyms for quail
kweɪlquail
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Princeton's WordNet
quailnoun
flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
quailverb
small gallinaceous game birds
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
quailverb
Synonyms:
cower, shrink, flinch, faint, blench, quake, tremble, be quelled, give way, lose courage, lose spirits, be cast down
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1204 | contract | |
#1249 | spring | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#3403 | bound | |
#5089 | kick | |
#6804 | colin | |
#7229 | sink | |
#8260 | funk | |
#9429 | rebound | |
#10952 | bounce | |
#13161 | shrink | |
#14216 | crawl | |
#18621 | creep | |
#22782 | quail | |
#24936 | partridge | |
#25905 | backlash | |
#26161 | crouch | |
#30821 | fawn | |
#31728 | recoil | |
#31924 | wince | |
#41577 | tremble | |
#43010 | cringe | |
#47047 | succumb | |
#47072 | ricochet | |
#49828 | wither | |
#52900 | backfire | |
#67091 | squint | |
#76457 | flinch | |
#102486 | cower | |
#113280 | reverberate | |
#116571 | grovel | |
#137114 | shrivel |
Translations for quail
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- طائر السمان, سمان, سلوىArabic
- bildirçinAzerbaijani
- перапелкаBelarusian
- пъдпъдъкBulgarian
- koailhBreton
- guatllaCatalan, Valencian
- лекъChechen
- křepelkaCzech
- sofliarWelsh
- vagtelDanish
- WachtelGerman
- ορτύκιGreek
- koturnoEsperanto
- codornizSpanish
- vuttEstonian
- galeperBasque
- بلدرچین, بدبده, کرکPersian
- viiriäinen, tutista, amerikanviiriäinenFinnish
- vaktilFaroese
- caille, caille des blésFrench
- kwartelWestern Frisian
- geargIrish
- gearradh-gortScottish Gaelic
- cordoniz, paspallás, cordonaGalician
- שליוHebrew
- fürjHungarian
- լորArmenian
- qualiaInterlingua
- kornhænaIcelandic
- quagliaItalian
- 鶉, ヨアロッパウズラJapanese
- მწყერიGeorgian
- coturnixLatin
- putpelėLithuanian
- paipalaLatvian
- koreke, tungehe, tāreke, koitārekeMāori
- потполошка, препелицаMacedonian
- summienaMaltese
- kwakkel, kwartelDutch
- vaktelNorwegian
- díłdániiNavajo, Navaho
- catlaOccitan
- przepiórkaPolish
- codorna, codornizPortuguese
- quaiglia, quacraRomansh
- prepelițaRomanian
- пасовать, трусить, дрейфить, перепел, робеть, бздетьRussian
- xrìcchibi, cualla, trepotès, cricchibì, guàgliuluSardinian
- препелица, prepelicaSerbo-Croatian
- prepelicaSlovak
- prepelicaSlovene
- shkurtaAlbanian
- vaktelSwedish
- tomboSwahili
- bıldırcınTurkish
- перепелUkrainian
- chim cútVietnamese
- hikotur, hikoturül, koturül, jikotur, kotur, jikoturül, kuitVolapük
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