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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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Cringe \Cringe\ (kr?nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crnged (kr?njd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Cringing.] [As. crincgang, 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.
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.
Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou Once fawned and
cringed, and servilely adored Heaven's awful monarch?
--Milton.
Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing.
--Arbuthnot.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
cringing
adj : totally submissive [syn: groveling, grovelling, wormlike,
wormy]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
cringing
n.
Act of one who cringes.
vb.
(present participle of en cringe nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
cringing
n.
Act of one who cringes.
vb.
(present participle of en cringe nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
cringing
n.
Act of one who cringes.
vb.
(present participle of en cringe nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
cringing
n.
Act of one who cringes.
vb.
(present participle of en cringe nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
cringing
Englanti n.
nöyristely, matelu
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Cringing /kɹˈɪndʒɪŋ/ التذلّلFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
cringing /kɹˈɪndʒɪŋ/ zusammenzuckend, zusammenfahrend, zurückschreckend, schaudernd see: cringe, cringed, feel embarrassed for sb. elseFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]/ˈkɹɪndʒɪŋ/
adj．n．谄媚（的），奉承（的）