Synonyms for quail

Most common

blench · squinch

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To waste away; to fade, to wither.

Related words

Word family

quail-plover

Phrases

bustard quail button quail scaled quail black-breasted quail blue-breasted quail blue quail dying quail king quail

Forms

Past participle

quailed
e.g. quailed → recoiled, flinched, crouched, funked…

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

funk¹

5 letters

quake¹, wince¹, cower²

6 letters

shrink¹, cringe¹, crouch¹, recoil², flinch¹, falter², blench

7 letters

tremble², squinch

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cower² = 2 syllables).