Cringe

Word CRINGE
Character 6
Hyphenation cringe
Pronunciations /kɹɪnd͡ʒ/

Definitions and meanings of "Cringe"

What do we mean by cringe?

To shrink back, as in fear; cower. intransitive verb

To behave in a servile way; fawn. intransitive verb

An act or instance of cringing. noun

A servile or fawning obeisance. noun

To bend; crouch; especially, to bend or crouch with servility or from fear or cowardice; fawn; cower.

Synonyms To stoop, truckle.

To contract; distort.

To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort. transitive verb

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. transitive verb

Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. noun

A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. noun

A crick. noun

To bow or crouch in servility. verb

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

Show submission or fear verb

Draw back, as with fear or pain verb

A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.

A servile obeisance.

A crick.

An embarrassing event or situation which causes an onlooker to cringe.

Someone or something that is cringy.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Cringe

The word "cringe" in example sentences

What makes me cringe is the wanton mis-use of “have”, plus the non-use of it when required: “I seen my friends at Walmarts yestidday” is a common phrase here. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One thing that makes me cringe is seeing politicians from the mainstream parties acting as apologists for BNP voters. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The cringe is a successful technique for deflecting aggression … Just as we are genetically programmed to seek signs of love and loyalty, dogs are genetically programmed to exploit this foible of ours. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He said he would never again cringe before his father. ❋ Unknown (2006)

On its website, however, the cultural cringe is evident and double standards obtain. ❋ Laban (2006)

The cringe is a successful technique for deflecting aggression. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Hence the term "cringe" - you cringe at the use of the tech but you still watch. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There are moments where I feel like I’m one of those movie moments that were someone else to view me, they’d cringe from the sappiness. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It’s easy to laugh at the stupid marketing and vapid articles about yummy mummies, but what makes me cringe is realizing that “educated” people are writing that copy and thinking that we plebes are going eat it up. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I can't hear a word and cringe inwardly before awkwardly requesting a replay. ❋ Anisha Lakhani (2011)

I don't think I've seen but one or two that have made me wince or cringe, which is sort of a new experience. ❋ Greygirlbeast (2009)

There is another aspect to the cultural cringe, which is the way Australia's cultural elite cringe at new work and new artists rather than supporting them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A revealing look -- what Glenn Greenwald calls cringe-inducing -- at some passengers on the old Straight Talk Express. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I've talked with men and women of every color about this hypothetical situation, all of whom expressed a similar "cringe" - perhaps a topic for a different post). ❋ Unknown (2009)

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