recoil from

recoil from someone or something

to draw back from someone or something. I recoiled from Sally when she told me what she had done. I recoiled from the horror and slammed the door.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aart	AH:RT	Dutch
Adlard	['æla:d]
Rhona	-	Scottish
Marjorie	['ma:dʒəri]
Dominika	daw-mee-NEE-kah (Polish)	Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Russian, Polish
Stephanie	['stefəni]