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• Verbe à particule signifiant éprouver ou montrer de la peur ou de l'appréhension face à quelque chose ; reculer ou se dérober devant un défi ou une menace.

A phrasal verb meaning to feel or show fear or apprehension about something; to flinch or shrink back from a challenge or threat.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Show fear or hesitationformal

   To feel or show fear, hesitation, or reluctance when faced with something difficult or unpleasant.

   reculer devant

   • He quailed at the thought of giving a speech in front of the crowd.
   • She quailed at the prospect of climbing the steep mountain.
   • The soldiers quailed at the sight of the enemy's overwhelming forces.

   Synonymesshrink fromshy away from

   Antonymesbraveconfrontface

Verbe de basequail