cringe

C0749100 (krĭnj)intr.v. cringed, cring·ing, cring·es 1. To shrink back, as in fear; cower.2. To behave in a servile way; fawn.n. An act or instance of cringing.

[Middle English crengen, to bend haughtily, probably ultimately from Old English cringan, to give way.]

cringe

(krɪndʒ) vb (intr) 1. to shrink or flinch, esp in fear or servility2. to behave in a servile or timid way3. informal a. to wince in embarrassment or distasteb. to experience a sudden feeling of embarrassment or distasten4. the act of cringing5. (Sociology) the cultural cringe Austral subservience to overseas cultural standards[Old English cringan to yield in battle; related to Old Norse krangr weak, Middle High German krenken to weaken] ˈcringer n

cringe

(krɪndʒ)

v. cringed, cring•ing,
n. v.i. 1. to shrink or crouch, esp. in fear or servility; cower. 2. to fawn; toady. n. 3. servile or fawning deference. [1175–1225; Middle English crengen,crenchen (transitive); Old English *crencean, crencgean, causative of cringan, crincan to yield, fall (in battle), c. Old Frisian krenza, Dutch krengen to keel over] cring′er, n. cring′ing•ly, adv. cring′ing•ness, n.

cringe

Past participle: cringed
Gerund: cringing

Imperative
cringe
cringe

Present
I cringe
you cringe
he/she/it cringes
we cringe
you cringe
they cringe

Preterite
I cringed
you cringed
he/she/it cringed
we cringed
you cringed
they cringed

Present Continuous
I am cringing
you are cringing
he/she/it is cringing
we are cringing
you are cringing
they are cringing

Present Perfect
I have cringed
you have cringed
he/she/it has cringed
we have cringed
you have cringed
they have cringed

Past Continuous
I was cringing
you were cringing
he/she/it was cringing
we were cringing
you were cringing
they were cringing

Past Perfect
I had cringed
you had cringed
he/she/it had cringed
we had cringed
you had cringed
they had cringed

Future
I will cringe
you will cringe
he/she/it will cringe
we will cringe
you will cringe
they will cringe

Future Perfect
I will have cringed
you will have cringed
he/she/it will have cringed
we will have cringed
you will have cringed
they will have cringed

Future Continuous
I will be cringing
you will be cringing
he/she/it will be cringing
we will be cringing
you will be cringing
they will be cringing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cringing
you have been cringing
he/she/it has been cringing
we have been cringing
you have been cringing
they have been cringing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cringing
you will have been cringing
he/she/it will have been cringing
we will have been cringing
you will have been cringing
they will have been cringing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cringing
you had been cringing
he/she/it had been cringing
we had been cringing
you had been cringing
they had been cringing

Conditional
I would cringe
you would cringe
he/she/it would cringe
we would cringe
you would cringe
they would cringe

Past Conditional
I would have cringed
you would have cringed
he/she/it would have cringed
we would have cringed
you would have cringed
they would have cringed

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	cringe - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"flinch, funk, quail, recoil, wince, shrink, squinchmove - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"shrink back, retract - pull away from a source of disgust or fear
	2.	cringe - show submission or fearfawn, grovel, cower, crawl, creepbend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

cringe

verb1. shrink, flinch, quail, recoil, start, shy, tremble, quiver, cower, draw back, blench I cringed in horror.2. wince, squirm, writhe The idea makes me cringe.

cringe

verb1. To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust:blench, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, shy, start, wince.2. To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior:bootlick, fawn, grovel, kowtow, slaver, toady, truckle.Informal: apple-polish, brownnose, cotton.Slang: suck up.Idioms: curry favor, dance attendance, kiss someone's feet, lick someone's boots.nounAn act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion:flinch, recoil, shrink, wince.

Translations

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cringe

(krindʒ) verb to shrink back in fear, terror etc. The dog cringed when his cruel master raised his hand to strike him.畏缩

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cringe away from (someone or something)

To move away from someone or something, usually out of fear. I cringed away from the snake and prayed that it wouldn't see me.See also: away, cringe

cringe before (someone or something)

To shrink away from someone or something, usually out of fear. I cringed before my dad when he caught me sneaking in after curfew.See also: before, cringe

cringe away from someone or something

and cringe from someone or somethingto pull back or away from someone or something, as from fear. The child cringed away from the teacher. Why did you cringe away from the dentist's chair? The cat cringed from the fire. The child cringed from the huge dog.See also: away, cringe

cringe before someone or something

to cower or recoil in the presence of someone or something. Jeff cringed before the wrath of the policeman.See also: before, cringe

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verb shrink

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verb wince

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verb to draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust

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verb to support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior

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noun an act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion

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verb draw back, as with fear or pain

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verb show submission or fear

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