cringe
31cringe — [krɪn(d)ʒ] verb (cringes, cringing, cringed) 1》 bend one s head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile manner. 2》 experience an inward shiver of embarrassment or disgust. noun an act of cringing. Derivatives cringer noun Origin ME cr …
32cringe — v. n. Crouch, fawn, truckle, sneak, stoop, bend the knee …
33cringe — v 1. cower, shrink, quail, blench, flinch, wince, start, recoil, shy, Inf. funk, Sl. mooch; shake, tremble, quiver, Inf. shake in one s boots or shoes, kowtow, bow, bow before, bow to, bow and scrape, bend, bend before, stoop, squat, crouch,… …
34cringe — [krɪndʒ] verb [I] 1) to move back slightly from something that is unpleasant or frightening 2) to feel embarrassed or ashamed about something …
35cringe — [[t]krɪndʒ[/t]] v. cringed, cring•ing, n. 1) to shrink or crouch, esp. in fear or servility; cower 2) to fawn; toady 3) servile or fawning deference • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME crengen, crenchen (transit.); OE *crencean, crencgean, causative of… …
36cringe — /krɪndʒ / (say krinj) verb (i) (cringed, cringing) 1. to shrink, bend, or crouch, especially from fear or servility; cower. 2. to feel embarrassment or discomfort, as when confronted by inappropriate or distasteful social behaviour. 3. to fawn.… …
37cringe — Ho opē, e eke, eke, kaupē, ka apē …
38cringe — v. & n. v.intr. 1 shrink back in fear or apprehension; cower. 2 (often foll. by to) behave obsequiously. n. the act or an instance of cringing. Derivatives: cringer n. Etymology: ME crenge, crenche, OE cringan, crincan: see CRANK(1) …
39cringe-makingly — …
40Cultural cringe — Cultural cringe, in cultural studies and social anthropology, is an internalized inferiority complex which causes people in a country to dismiss their own culture as inferior to the cultures of other countries. It is closely related, although not …
