cringe
11cringe — ► VERB (cringing) 1) bend one s head and body in fear or in a servile manner. 2) have a sudden feeling of embarrassment or disgust. ► NOUN ▪ an act of cringing. ORIGIN from an Old English word meaning «bend, yield, fall in battle»; related to… …
12cringe — [krinj] vi. cringed, cringing [ME crengen (with nasalized vowel as in HINGE), caus. < OE cringan, to fall (in battle): for IE base see CRADLE] 1. to draw back, bend, crouch, etc., as when afraid; shrink from something dangerous or painful 2.… …
13cringe — I UK [krɪndʒ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms cringe : present tense I/you/we/they cringe he/she/it cringes present participle cringing past tense cringed past participle cringed 1) to move back slightly from something that is unpleasant or… …
14cringe — 1. noun /ˈkɹɪndʒ/lang=en a) A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk. b) A crick. 2. verb /ˈkɹɪndʒ/lang=en …
15cringe — verb (I) 1 to move back or away from someone or something, especially because you are afraid or in pain: The dog cringed and whimpered when the tall man appeared. 2 to feel embarrassed by something that seems stupid: I cringe when I think what I… …
16cringe — cringe1 [ krındʒ ] verb intransitive 1. ) to move back slightly from something that is unpleasant or frightening 2. ) to feel embarrassed or ashamed about something cringe cringe 2 [ krındʒ ] noun count 1. ) a quick slight movement away from… …
17cringe — [13] Like crank, cringe appears to come ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic base *krank whose original meaning was ‘bend’ or ‘curl up’. This produced an Old English verb crincan ‘fall in battle, yield’ (the association of ‘curling up’ and… …
18cringe — [13] Like crank, cringe appears to come ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic base *krank whose original meaning was ‘bend’ or ‘curl up’. This produced an Old English verb crincan ‘fall in battle, yield’ (the association of ‘curling up’ and… …
19cringe — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
20cringe — [[t]krɪ̱nʤ[/t]] cringes, cringing, cringed VERB If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement. Molly had cringed when Ann started picking up the… …
