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quail
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synonyms: funk it, blench ???
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Definition:to be overwhelmed with fear or awe to the point of discouragement; to be daunted
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His heart quailed before the enormous pyramidal shape.
Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (1847)
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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he looked at Philip with an expression of such hatred that for a moment Philip quailed.
Ken Follett. The Pillars of the Earth, p.111 (1990)
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I had to stem a rapid rush of retrospective thought before I quailed to the dismal present.
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"From information I have received," said he, looking round at us as we all quailed before him, "I have reason to believe there is a blacksmith among you, by name Joseph—or Joe—Gargery. Which is the man?"
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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Ida listened patiently to all my faint arguments, for I felt my courage quailing under her pretty sympathetic glance, and then she said decisively, "You are quite right and yet quite wrong."
"Explain yourself, O Sphinx," I answered, much relieved by her words.
Grant Allen. Strange Stories
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