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1 cringe
intransitive verbzusammenzucken; [Hund:] sich ducken, kuschencringe away or back [from somebody/something] — [vor jemandem/etwas] zurückschrecken
it makes me cringe — (in disgust) da wird mir schlecht
* * *[krin‹](to shrink back in fear, terror etc: The dog cringed when his cruel master raised his hand to strike him.) sich ducken* * *[krɪnʤ]vishe \cringed away from the blow sie duckte sich, um dem Schlag auszuweichento \cringe back in terror ängstlich zusammenzuckenwe all \cringed with embarrassment das war uns allen furchtbar peinlich* * *[krIndZ]vito cringe before sb — vor jdm zurückweichen or -schrecken
he cringed at the thought — er or ihn schauderte bei dem Gedanken
he cringed when she mispronounced his name — er zuckte zusammen, als sie seinen Namen falsch aussprach
to go cringing to sb —
a cringing person cringing behaviour — ein Kriecher m kriecherisches Benehmen
* * *cringe [krındʒ]A v/i1. sich (besonders furchtsam oder unterwürfig) ducken:a) zusammenzucken (bei),b) zurückschrecken (vor dat)before, to vor dat)B sa) kriecherische Höflichkeitb) kriecherische Verbeugung* * *intransitive verbzusammenzucken; [Hund:] sich ducken, kuschencringe away or back [from somebody/something] — [vor jemandem/etwas] zurückschrecken
it makes me cringe — (in disgust) da wird mir schlecht
* * *v.kriechen v.(§ p.,pp.: kroch, ist gekrochen) -
2 cringe
[krɪnʤ] vishe \cringed away from the blow sie duckte sich, um dem Schlag auszuweichen;to \cringe back in terror ängstlich zusammenzucken2) ( shiver) schaudern;we all \cringed with embarrassment das war uns allen furchtbar peinlich
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