Cringe - Definition

cringe

v 1: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they
showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: flinch,
squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil,
quail]
2: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep,
cringe, cower, grovel]

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