cringe (verb)

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• cringe — ► VERB (cringing) 1) bend one s head and body in fear or in a servile manner. 2) have a sudden feeling of embarrassment or disgust. ► NOUN ▪ an act of cringing. ORIGIN from an Old English word meaning «bend, yield, fall in battle»; related to… …   English terms dictionary

• cringe — verb (I) 1 to move back or away from someone or something, especially because you are afraid or in pain: The dog cringed and whimpered when the tall man appeared. 2 to feel embarrassed by something that seems stupid: I cringe when I think what I… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cringe — verb 1) she cringed as he bellowed in her ear Syn: cower, shrink, recoil, shy away, flinch, blench, draw back; shake, tremble, quiver, quail, quake 2) it makes me cringe when I think of it Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• cringe — I UK [krɪndʒ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms cringe : present tense I/you/we/they cringe he/she/it cringes present participle cringing past tense cringed past participle cringed 1) to move back slightly from something that is unpleasant or… …   English dictionary

• cringe — 1. noun /ˈkɹɪndʒ/lang=en a) A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk. b) A crick. 2. verb /ˈkɹɪndʒ/lang=en …   Wiktionary

• cringe — cringe1 [ krındʒ ] verb intransitive 1. ) to move back slightly from something that is unpleasant or frightening 2. ) to feel embarrassed or ashamed about something cringe cringe 2 [ krındʒ ] noun count 1. ) a quick slight movement away from… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cringe — [13] Like crank, cringe appears to come ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic base *krank whose original meaning was ‘bend’ or ‘curl up’. This produced an Old English verb crincan ‘fall in battle, yield’ (the association of ‘curling up’ and… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• cringe — [13] Like crank, cringe appears to come ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic base *krank whose original meaning was ‘bend’ or ‘curl up’. This produced an Old English verb crincan ‘fall in battle, yield’ (the association of ‘curling up’ and… …   Word origins

• cringe — [[t]krɪ̱nʤ[/t]] cringes, cringing, cringed VERB If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement. Molly had cringed when Ann started picking up the… …   English dictionary

• cringe — I. intransitive verb (cringed; cringing) Etymology: Middle English crengen; akin to Old English cringan to yield, Middle High German krank weak Date: 13th century 1. to draw in or contract one s muscles involuntarily (as from cold or pain) 2. to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cringe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. cower, stoop, flinch, wince, crouch, shrink; fawn, truckle, crawl, grovel; sneak. See recoil, fear, servility. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. flinch, quail, recoil; see wince . III (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students