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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Cringe \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 wince; hence, to make court
in a degrading manner; to fawn.
[1913 Webster]
When they were come up to the place where the lions
were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe
behind, for they were afraid of the lions. --Bunyan.
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Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou
Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored
Heaven's awful monarch? --Milton.
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Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing.
--Arbuthnot.
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From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
cringed
vb.
(infl of en cringe ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
cringed
vb.
(infl of en cringe ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
cringed
vb.
(infl of en cringe ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
cringed
vb.
(infl of en cringe ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
cringed
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm c ringe d)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Cringed /kɹˈɪndʒd/ متذلّلFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
cringed /kɹˈɪndʒd/ zděsil seFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
cringed /kɹˈɪndʒd/
zusammengezuckt, zusammengefahren, zurückgeschreckt, geschaudert
"The dog cringed at the noise." - Der Hund zuckte bei dem Geräusch zusammen.
"He cringed at the thought." - Ihn schauderte bei dem Gedanken.
"We all cringed with embarrassment." - Das war uns allen furchtbar peinlich
see: cringe, cringing, feel embarrassed for sb. else
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/ˈkɹɪndʒd/