Associations to the word «Cringing»

CRINGE, noun. A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.

CRINGE, noun. (dialect) A crick.

CRINGE, verb. (dated) (intransitive) To bow or crouch in servility.

CRINGE, verb. (intransitive) To shrink, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.

CRINGE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.

CRINGE, verb. Draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf".

CRINGE, verb. Show submission or fear.