cringing

Meanings

Plural: cringings

Verb

• draw back, as with fear or pain
• show submission or fear
• present participle and gerund of cringe

Adjective Satellite

• totally submissive

Noun

• Act of one who cringes.

Synonyms

cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn, flinch, funk, grovel, groveling, grovelling, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince, wormlike, wormy

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