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- pronunciation:
- krInj
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
cringes, cringing, cringed |
| definition 1: |
to crouch or shrink back, usu. in fear or distaste; cower.
When he heard about the treatment for the disease, he cringed.- similar words:
- cower, crouch, grovel, quail, shrink
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| definition 2: |
to behave with servility; fawn.
- similar words:
- grovel
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| related words: |
dread, stoop |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a motion or instance of cringing.
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| derivations: |
cringingly (adv.), cringer (n.) |
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