quail at

quail at someone or something

to show fear at someone or something; to shrink from someone or something. Todd quailed at the thought of what he had to do. The students quailed at the teacher who had been so hard on them in the past.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adelle	ə-DEL	English
Alwin	AHL-veen (German), AHL-win (Dutch), AHL-vin (Dutch)	German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Jaleh	-	Persian
Jeppe	-	Danish
Arlen	AHR-lən	English
Faustino	-	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese