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Cringe

Cringe Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cringe? [v] draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" [v] show submission or fear Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cringe: cower \| crawl \| creep \| fawn \| flinch \| funk \| grovel \| quail \| recoil \| shrink \| squinch \| wince Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cringe: apple-polish \| avoid \| bend \| bend the knee \| bend the neck \| bend to \| blench \| blink \| bootlick \| bow \| bow and scrape \| bow down \| bow to \| brown-nose \| cower \| crawl \| creep \| cringe to \| croodle \| crouch \| crouch before \| curtsy \| defer \| do homage \| do obeisance \| dodge \| draw back \| draw in \| duck \| eat dirt \| evade \| fade \| fall back \| fawn \| flatter \| flinch \| funk \| genuflect \| get down \| grovel \| hang back \| hunch \| hunch down \| jib \| kneel \| kneel to \| knuckle to \| kowtow \| lick the dust \| lickspittle \| pull back \| pull in \| pull out \| quail \| quiver \| recoil \| reel back \| retract \| retreat \| scrouch down \| sheer off \| shrink \| shrink back \| shy \| sidestep \| skulk \| slaver \| slink \| sneak \| squat \| start aside \| start back \| stoop \| swerve \| toadeat \| toady \| tremble \| truckle \| truckle to \| turn aside \| wallow \| weasel \| weasel out \| welter \| wince \| withdraw See Also \| bend \| flex \| move \| retract \| shrink back Cringe In Webster's Dictionary \Cringe\ (kr?nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crnged} (kr?njd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cringing}.] [As. crincgang, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.] To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn. When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions. --Bunyan. Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored Heaven's awful monarch? --Milton. Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing. --Arbuthnot. \Cringe\, v. t. To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort. [Obs.] Till like a boy you see him cringe his face, And whine aloud for mercy. --Shak. \Cringe\, n. Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. ``With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious.'' --Cowper.

Cringe Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cringe?

[v] draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
[v] show submission or fear

Cringe In Webster's Dictionary

\Cringe\ (kr?nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crnged} (kr?njd);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Cringing}.] [As. crincgang, cringan,
crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.]
To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend
or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court
in a degrading manner; to fawn.

      When they were come up to the place where the lions
      were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe
      behind, for they were afraid of the lions. --Bunyan.

      Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou Once fawned and
      cringed, and servilely adored Heaven's awful monarch?
                                               --Milton.

      Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing.
                                               --Arbuthnot.


\Cringe\, v. t.
To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle;
to distort. [Obs.]

      Till like a boy you see him cringe his face, And whine
      aloud for mercy.                         --Shak.


\Cringe\, n.
Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear
or servility. ``With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious.''
--Cowper.

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