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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormyadjective

    totally submissive

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  1. cringing

    Cringing refers to the act of shrinking, bending, or recoiling in fear, disgust, pain, or embarrassment. It involves an inward or backward movement often caused by a strong negative reaction towards unwelcome or unpleasant situations, words, actions, or images. It's often used to describe a strong feeling of second-hand embarrassment or discomfort.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cringing

    of Cringe

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cringing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cringing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of cringing in a Sentence

  1. Frank Davis:

    The May jobs number is pointing in the direction of a more likely interest-rate hike. The market is cringing at that idea.

  2. Kevin Landis:

    The Dow Jones is such a backwards-looking list, I cringed when Intel (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Microsoft (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) were added, i'm cringing today. Let's hope Apple can defy the forces of history.

  3. Pat Cash:

    Bernard Tomic can do a lot worse than that to ruin the image that we've created. But a lot of ex-players are cringing, Aussies, especially... the guys who started this pro circuit. We wouldn't be here without these guys.

  4. Sheila Kruger:

    We're all just kind of cringing and saying,' We do not want to do this again,'.

  5. Ben Emmerson:

    It was a crass and clumsy gesture from an increasingly isolated tin pot despot, a morally deranged authoritarian who was at that very moment clinging desperately onto political power in the face of international sanctions and a rising chorus of international condemnation, after years of negotiation and appeasement, the world has lost its patience now with Mr Putin's judo politics and his cringing hard-man photo opportunities.

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