1. (

• recoil ,
• repercussion ,
• rebound ,
• backlash

) a movement back from an impact ;

2. (

• backlash

) an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance" ;

1. (

• backfire ,
• backlash ,
• recoil

) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"; "the political movie backlashed on the Democrats" ;