The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word QUAIL , but the solution may also be CRINGE which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in USA Today).
Draw back in fear crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| QUAIL | 33 % | 5 |
| CRINGE | 33 % | 6 |
| COWER | 33 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Draw back in fear
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- recoil
- shrink
- cower
- flinch
- curb
- flinching
- stagger
- cringe
- dare
- wince
- shakily
- walk
Crossword Answer definitions
QUAIL verb- To waste away; to fade, to wither
- To daunt or frighten (someone)
- To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
- Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.
- Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
- The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- A prostitute, so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
- To curdle or coagulate, as milk does.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result QUAIL
- Cower in fear
- One of a bevy
- Partridge cousin
- Covey member
- Small game bird
- Bird in a covey
- Bevy member
- Bird in a bevy
- Plump bird
- Draw back with alarm
More clues leading to the result CRINGE
- React to a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" bit, say
- React to a Ricky Gervais bit, perhaps
- Shrink in fear
- [That's a sore subject]
- Recoil
- Draw back
- Behave servilely
- Recoil in fear
- Cower
- Show fear