cringe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cringe	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for cringe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cringe v draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" Synonym(s): flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail show submission or fear Synonym(s): fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cringe \Cringe\, v. t. To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort. [Obs.] Till like a boy you see him cringe his face, And whine aloud for mercy. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cringe \Cringe\, n. Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. [bd]With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious.[b8] --Cowper.