RECOILED
- RECOIL, to draw back in fear or disgust [v]
- Suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust
- Feel fear, horror, or disgust at the thought or prospect of something; shrink mentally
- (of a gun) Move abruptly backward as a reaction on firing a bullet, shell, or other missile
- Rebound or spring back through force of impact or elasticity
- (of an action) Have an adverse reactive effect on (the originator)