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cringe Verb [cringing, cringed] 1. to shrink or flinch in fear: he cringed and shrank against the wall 2. to behave in a submissive or timid way: women who cringe before abusive husbands 3. Informal to be very embarrassed: I cringe every time I see that old photo of me Noun the act of cringing [Old English cringan to yield in battle]
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cringe Translations v cringe [krindʒ] to shrink back in fear, terror etc The dog cringed when his cruel master raised his hand to strike him. ineenkrimp, terugdeins يَنْكَمِش خائِفا свивам се (s)krčit se krybe sammen sich ducken ζαρώνω από φόβο encogerse (de miedo) tagasi tõmbuma خود را جمع کردن؛ کز کردن kyyristyä reculer (devant) לְהִרָתַע दुबकना, सिकुड़ना ustuknuti megalázkodik mengerut hrökkva undan (í kút) accucciarsi; farsi piccolo すくむ (공포로) 움츠리다 susigūžti atrauties; novērsties (aiz bailēm u.tml.) mengekot ineenkrimpen krype sammen, krype/ligge på magen (for) kulić się encolher-se a se face mic (de frică) съёживаться skrčiť sa zdrzniti se, odskočiti ustuknuti krypa ihop, huka sig หดตัว korkuyla büzülmek 畏縮 щулитися ڈر سے پیچھے هٹنا، دبكنا co rúm lại 畏缩 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He may cringe and growl, or cringe and not growl; but he either beats or cringes. For indeed, every sect of them, hath a diverse posture, or cringe by themselves, which cannot but move derision in worldlings, and depraved politics, who are apt to contemn holy things. She was far too pretty to cringe in this way, but Peter thought it his due, and he would answer condescendingly, "It is good. |
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