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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cringe /krɪndʒ/USA pronunciation v. [no object], cringed, cring•ing. - to move down and away, esp. in fear;
cower:cringed when he saw the policeman with the nightstick. - to react toward something or someone with embarrassment, slight disgust, or reluctance;
wince:I cringed at the thought of having to confront her again.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cringe (krinj),USA pronunciation v., cringed, cring•ing, n. v.i. - to shrink, bend, or crouch, esp. in fear or servility;
cower. - to fawn.
n. - servile or fawning deference.
- 1175–1225; Middle English crengen, crenchen (transitive); Old English *crencean, crencgean, causative of cringan, crincan to yield, fall (in battle)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cringe /krɪndʒ/ vb (intransitive)- to shrink or flinch, esp in fear or servility
- to behave in a servile or timid way
- informal to experience a sudden feeling of embarrassment or distaste
n - the act of cringing
- the cultural cringe ⇒ Austral subservience to overseas cultural standards
Etymology: Old English cringan to yield in battle; related to Old Norse krangr weak, Middle High German krenken to weakenˈcringer n |