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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
cringe
v 1: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they
showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: flinch,
squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil,
quail]
2: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep,
cringe, cower, grovel]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Cringe \Cringe\ (kr[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cringed
(kr[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cringing.] [As. crincgan,
cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.]
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.
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When they were come up to the place where the lions
were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe
behind, for they were afraid of the lions. --Bunyan.
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Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou
Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored
Heaven's awful monarch? --Milton.
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Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing.
--Arbuthnot.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Cringe \Cringe\, v. t.
To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle;
to distort. [Obs.]
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Till like a boy you see him cringe his face,
And whine aloud for mercy. --Shak.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Cringe \Cringe\, n.
Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear
or servility. "With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious."
--Cowper.
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Thesaurus Results for cringe:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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