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1. (v.i.) cringe
to shrink or crouch, esp. in fear or servility; cower.
2. cringe
to fawn; toady.
3. (n.) cringe
servile or fawning deference.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME crengen,crenchen (transit.); OE *crencean, crencgean, causative of cringan, crincan to yield, fall (in battle), c. OFris
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
2. (verb) fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
show submission or fear
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) cringe
servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility
2. (verb) cringe
to draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn
3. (verb) cringe
to contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort
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Sense: to shrink back in fear, terror etc
The dog cringed when his cruel master raised his hand to strike him.
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 Afrikaans: ineenkrimp, terugdeins |
 Arabic: يَنْكَمِش خائِفا |
 Bulgarian: свивам се |
 Brazilian: encolher-se |
 Czech: (s)krčit se |
 German: sich ducken |
 Danish: krybe sammen |
 Greek: ζαρώνω από φόβο |
 Spanish: encogerse (de miedo) |
 Estonian: tagasi tõmbuma |
 Farsi: خود را جمع کردن؛ کز کردن |
 Finnish: kyyristyä |
 French: reculer (devant) |
 Hebrew: לְהִרָתַע |
 Hindi: दुबकना, सिकुड़ना |
 Croatian: ustuknuti |
 Hungarian: megalázkodik |
 Indonesian: mengerut |
 Icelandic: hrökkva undan (í kút) |
 Italian: accucciarsi; farsi piccol |
 Japanese: すくむ |
 Korean: (겁이나) 움추리다 |
 Lithuanian: susigūžti |
 Latvian: atrauties; novērsties (ai |
 Malay: mengekot |
 Dutch: ineenkrimpen |
 Norwegian: krype sammen, krype/ligge |
 Polish: kulić się |
 Persian: خود را جمع کردن؛ کز کردن |
 Pashto: خپل ځان راټولول |
 Portuguese: encolher-se |
 Romanian: a se face mic (de frică) |
 Russian: съёживаться |
 Slovak: skrčiť sa |
 Slovenian: zdrzniti se, odskočiti |
 Serbian: ustuknuti |
 Swedish: krypa ihop, huka sig |
 Thai: หดตัว |
 Turkish: korkuyla büzülmek |
 Taiwanese: 畏縮 |
 Ukrainian: щулитися |
 Urdu: ڈر سے پیچھے هٹنا، دب |
 Vietnamese: co rúm lại |
 Chinese: 畏缩 |
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