flinch

without flinching

Without showing any signs of fear or hesitation. I'm terrified of needles, but my sister can get blood drawn without flinching.

flinch from someone or something

to move back suddenly from someone or something; to shrink (back) (from someone or something) suddenly. She struck at him and he flinched from her. At the last minute the center fielder flinched from the ball.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Valtteri	VAHLT-te-ree	Finnish
Narcissa	nar-SIS-ə (English)	Late Roman
Letitia	[li'tʃiə]
Aristide	ah-ree-STEE-de (Italian)	French, Italian
Fumnanya	-	Western African, Igbo
Read	REED	English (Rare)