cringe

cringe  (krnj)

intr.v. cringed, cring·ing, cring·es

1. To shrink back, as in fear; cower.

2. To behave in a servile way; fawn.

n.

An act or instance of cringing.

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[Middle English crengen, to bend haughtily, probably ultimately from Old English cringan, to give way.]

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cringe [krɪndʒ]

vb (intr)

1. to shrink or flinch, esp in fear or servility

2. to behave in a servile or timid way

3. Informal

a.  to wince in embarrassment or distaste

b.  to experience a sudden feeling of embarrassment or distaste

n

1. the act of cringing

(Sociology)

the cultural cringe Austral subservience to overseas cultural standards

[Old English cringan to yield in battle; related to Old Norse krangr weak, Middle High German krenken to weaken]

cringer  n

cringingly  adv

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	cringe - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" flinch, funk, quail, recoil, wince, shrink, squinch move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" shrink back, retract - pull away from a source of disgust or fear
	2.	cringe - show submission or fear fawn, grovel, cower, crawl, creep bend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

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cringe

verb

1. shrink, flinch, quail, recoil, start, shy, tremble, quiver, cower, draw back, blench I cringed in horror.

2. wince, squirm, writhe The idea makes me cringe.

Translations

cringe [krɪndʒ] VI

1. (= shrink back) → encogerse (at ante) to cringe with fear → encogerse de miedo
to cringe with embarrassment → morirse de vergüenza
it makes me cringe → me da horror

2. (= fawn) → acobardarse, agacharse (before ante)

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cringe [ˈkrɪndʒ] vi

(with disgust, physically) → avoir un mouvement de recul; (mentally) → se gêner
to cringe with embarrassment, to cringe in embarrassment → avoir envie de rentrer sous terre
it makes me cringe! (with embarrassment) → ça me donne envie de rentrer sous terre!; (with disgust) → Ça me hérisse! cringe-making
cringe-making [ˈkrɪndʒmeɪkɪŋ] adj (= embarrassing) → embarrassant(e)

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cringe

vi

(= shrink back) → zurückschrecken (→ at vor +dat); (fig) → schaudern; to cringe before somebody → vor jdm zurückweichen or -schrecken; he cringed at the thought → er or ihn schauderte bei dem Gedanken; he cringed when she mispronounced his name → er zuckte zusammen, als sie seinen Namen falsch aussprach

(= humble oneself, fawn) → katzbuckeln, kriechen (→ to vor +dat); to go cringing to somebody → zu jdm gekrochen kommen; a cringing person → ein Kriecher m; cringing behaviour → kriecherisches Benehmen

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cringe [krɪndʒ] vi (in terror) to cringe (from) → ritrarsi impaurito/a (da)
to cringe (before) (in servility) → strisciare (davanti a)
the very thought of it makes me cringe (fam) (in embarrassment) → solo a pensarci mi sento sprofondare

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cringe

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 (겁이나) 움추리다 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