meaning of cringe
1. To draw ones 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.
2. To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
3. Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.
4. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the
">calf"
Related Words
cringe | cringeling | cringer |
