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121 pagpapakababà
cringe, humility -
122 sukò
cringe, subject, submissive -
123 sumuyò
cringe, deprecate, coo, court -
124 merangkakan
cringe. 2 stumble. -
125 jongkok
cringe;cower -
126 das Katzbuckeln
- {cringe} sự khúm núm, sự khép nép, sự luồn cúi, sự quỵ luỵ -
127 szervilizmus
cringe, servility -
128 encogerse
1 (contraerse) to contract2 (tejido) to shrink3 figurado (amilanarse) to be intimidated* * *VPR1) to shrink2)3) [persona] (=acobardarse) to cringe; (=desanimarse) to get discouraged* * *(v.) = flinch, cringeEx. Garschine flinched as if he had been hit.Ex. That Dennis! When I think of him, I... well... to put it frankly, cringe.* * *(v.) = flinch, cringeEx: Garschine flinched as if he had been hit.
Ex: That Dennis! When I think of him, I... well... to put it frankly, cringe.* * *
■encogerse verbo reflexivo (sobre uno mismo) to contract: se encogió de hombros, she shrugged her shoulders
se encogió en la cama para dormir, he curled up to go to sleep
' encogerse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hombro
- encoger
English:
cringe
- shrug
- cower
* * *vpr1. [ropa, tejido, filete] to shrink;se me encoge el corazón de oírla llorar it makes my heart bleed to hear her cry2. [contraerse] [miembro, músculo] to contract;no te encojas al andar don't slouch when you walk;encogerse de hombros to shrug one's shoulders3. [apocarse] to cringe;es muy tímido y se encoge ante sus superiores he's very timid and he clams up in the presence of his superiors* * *v/r1 de material shrink;encogerse de hombros shrug (one’s shoulders)2 fig: de persona be intimidated, cower* * *vr1) : to shrink2) : to be intimidated, to cower, to cringe3)encogerse de hombros : to shrug (one's shoulders)
См. также в других словарях:
Cringe — Cringe, v. t. To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Till like a boy you see him cringe his face, And whine aloud for mercy. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cringe — Cringe, n. Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious. Cowper. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cringe — [krındʒ] v [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Perhaps from [i]Old English cringan to give up ] 1.) to move away from someone or something because you are afraid ▪ A stray dog was cringing by the door. ▪ She cringed away from him. 2.) to feel embarrassed… … Dictionary of contemporary English
cringe — cringe·ling; cringe; … English syllables
cringe — index truckle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cringe — early 13c., from causative of O.E. cringan give way, fall (in battle), become bent, from P.Gmc. *krank bend, curl up (Cf. O.N. kringr, Du. kring, Ger. Kring circle, ring ). Related: Cringed; cringing. As a noun from 1590s … Etymology dictionary
cringe — cower, truckle, *fawn, toady Analogous words: *recoil, quail, flinch, blench, wince: bow, cave, *yield, submit, defer … New Dictionary of Synonyms
cringe — meaning ‘to shrink back in fear’, has inflected forms cringed, cringing … Modern English usage
cringe — [v] flinch, recoil from danger blench, cower, crawl, crouch, dodge, draw back, duck, eat dirt, grovel, kneel, quail, quiver, shrink, shy, start, stoop, tremble, wince; concepts 188,195 Ant. come forward … New thesaurus
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