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▪ I. cringing, vbl. n.|ˈkrɪndʒɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
1. The action of shrinking timorously, or of bowing or bending the body servilely; servile or obsequious behaviour. Often applied contemptuously to bowing.
1634W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. 248 A Country..where all men grow crooked with extreame cringeing. 1660Milton Free Commw. 429 Among the perpetual bowings and cringings of an abject People. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. xiii. 156 Making some decent Cringings towards the Tomb. 1767T. Hutchinson Hist. Mass. Bay II. 214 His cringing to Randolph..was a spot in his character. 1847L. Hunt Jar Honey (1848) 199 The studied cringing so common in Naples is rare here.
2. Muscular contraction, shrinking.
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Amble, Though the amble be gained, it must be slow and unsightly; because attended with a cringing in the hind-parts.
▪ II. ˈcringing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That cringes, that shrinks or bends the body timorously or servilely; that behaves with servile deference.
1575G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 98 His cringeinge side necke, eies glauncinge, fisnamy smirkinge. 15971st Pt. Return fr. Parnass. Prol., Youe cringinge parasite. 1680Otway Orphan i. i, A huffing shining flatt'ring cringing Coward. 1746–7Hervey Medit. (1818) 209 In a state of abject and cringing dependence. 1869Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) III. xiii. 297 He began in a tone of almost cringing loyalty. |