Synonyms of quail

1 Syllable
shook, blench, droop, faint, quat, jib, blanch, start, flinch, crouch
2 Syllables
flinching, withdraw, plovers, crouches, hunker, quaking, blenched, fearing, jibbed, hunkers, crouching, curlew, woodcock, recoil, pheasant, quake, shudder, flinched, stickled, winced, flinches, wincing, jibbing, cringed, cowers, crouched, recoils, blenching, plover, wildfowl, shake, cower, cringe, falter, wince, withdrew, tremble
3 Syllables
cowered, retreated, resile, sandpiper, retreating, withdrawing, cowering, resiling, recoiled, resiled, partridge, sandpipers, hunkered, hunkering, recoiling, jittered
4 Syllables
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