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

verb-intransitive. To behave in a servile way; fawn.

n. An act or instance of cringing.

n. A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.

n. A crick.

v. To bow or crouch in servility.

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

v. 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.

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

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

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

Synonyms To stoop, truckle.

To contract; distort.

n. A servile or fawning obeisance.

v. show submission or fear

v. draw back, as with fear or pain

"One thing that makes me cringe is seeing politicians from the mainstream parties acting as apologists for BNP voters."

swagger    bluster    bully   

cringed    cringes    cringing   

bend    flex   

shrink    crouch    wince   

cringed    cringing    cringeworthy   

wince    fawn    contract    distort    fawning    crouch    stoop    cower    spaniel    crinkle   

Inge    binge    fringe    hinge    impinge    infringe    minge    singe    syringe    tinge