About The Word Cringe
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Cringe
| Cringe Definition And Meaning |
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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. |
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