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Showing words for CRINGE using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Cringe

cering, cringe

5 Letter Words for Cringe

cerin, crine, ering, genic, grein, grice, inger, nicer, niger, regin, reign, renig, ringe

4 Letter Words for Cringe

cern, cine, cire, crig, crin, engr, eric, erin, geic, gein, geir, gien, gire, girn, gren, grin, icer, incr, nice, rein, rgen, rice, rine, ring

3 Letter Words for Cringe

cen, cer, cie, cig, cir, ecg, eir, enc, eng, erg, ern, gen, ger, gie, gin, ice, ign, inc, ing, ire, neg, nei, nie, nig, rec, reg, rei, rie, rig, rin

Definitions for Cringe

[1] to shrink, bend, or crouch, especially in fear or servility; cower.
[2] to fawn.
[3] servile or fawning deference.
[4] to shrink or flinch, esp in fear or servility
[5] to behave in a servile or timid way
[6] informal to wince in embarrassment or distaste to experience a sudden feeling of embarrassment or distaste
[7] the act of cringing
[8] the cultural cringe Australian subservience to overseas cultural standards

Words related to Cringe

cower, quiver, tremble, kneel, wince, dodge, crouch, shy, grovel, stoop, start, blench, duck, quail, crawl, shrink

Words nearby Cringe

crimpy, crimson, crimson clover, crimson flag, crine, cringe, cringe-making, cringle, crinite, crinkle, crinkle leaf

Origin of Cringe

1175–1225; Middle English crengen, crenchen (transitive); Old English *crencean, crencgean, causative of cringan, crincan to yield, fall (in battle)

Other words from Cringe

cring·er , noun
cring·ing·ly , adverb
cring·ing·ness , noun

Word origin for Cringe

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

Synonyms for Cringe

cower, kneel, quiver, tremble, wince, blench, crawl, crouch, dodge, duck, grovel, quail, shrink, shy, start, stoop, draw back, eat dirt