Definitions for Cringe
krɪndʒcringe

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quailverb

   draw back, as with fear or pain

   "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

2. fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovelverb

   show submission or fear

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. cringenoun

   A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.

   He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.

2. cringenoun

   A crick.

3. cringeverb

   To bow or crouch in servility.

4. cringeverb

   To shrink, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.

   He cringed as the bird collided with the window.

5. Etymology: Via, from cringan.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cringenoun

   Bow; servile civility.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Let me be grateful; but let far from me
   Be fawning cringe, and false dissembling looks. Philips.

2. To CRINGEverb

   To draw together; to contract.

   Etymology: from kriechen, German.

   Whip him, fellows,
   ’Till, like a boy, you see him cringe his face,
   And whine aloud for mercy. William Shakespeare, Anthony and Cleopatra.

3. To Cringeverb

   To bow; to pay court with bows; to fawn; to flatter.

   Etymology: kriechen, German.

   Flatterers have the flexor muscles so strong, that they are always bowing and cringing. Arbuthnot.

   The cringing knave, who seeks a place
   Without success, thus tells his case. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cringe

   Cringe is a response to embarrassment or social awkwardness.

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1. cringe

   Cringe refers to the act of experiencing a sudden feeling of embarrassment, discomfort, or awkwardness. The term may also refer to something that causes this reaction. It's often used to describe a situation, action, or statement that is extremely awkward or embarrassing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cringeverb

   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

2. Cringeverb

   to contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort

3. Cringenoun

   servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility

4. Etymology: [As. crincgan, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cringe

   krinj, v.i. to bend or crouch with servility: to submit: to fawn: to flatter with mean servility.—n. a servile obeisance.—ns. Cringe′ling, Crin′ger, one who cringes.—adv. Crin′gingly, in an obsequious manner. [Related to A.S. crincan, cringan, to shrink. Cf. Crank, weak.]

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   The numerical value of Cringe in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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   The numerical value of Cringe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Cringe in a Sentence

1. Peter Farrelly:

   True. I was Peter Farrelly, i did this decades ago and I thought I was being funny and the truth is I'm embarrassed and it makes me cringe now. I'm deeply sorry.

2. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

   I will never embarrass you, i will never do anything that makes you cringe and say ... 'I can't believe that's who we picked.'.

3. Taylor Budowich:

   It seems like perpetual-failed-candidate Hillary Clinton’s basket of deplorables has run stale, not unlike herself, it’s pathetic, it’s divisive, and it is further cementing her legacy of cringe.

4. Peter Farrelly:

   I was an idiot, i did this decades ago and I thought I was being funny and the truth is Im embarrassed and it makes me cringe now. Im deeply sorry.

5. Heather Thalwitzer:

   I’ll let him have the birthday cake, but I’ll cringe.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Cringe
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cringe
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Cringe
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cringe
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cringe
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Cringe