Cringe vs. Cringey — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cringe and Cringey
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Definitions
Cringe
To shrink back, as in fear; cower.
Cringe
To behave in a servile way; fawn.
Cringe
An act or instance of cringing.
Cringe
(intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
He cringed as the bird collided with the window.
Cringe
To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
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Cringe
(intransitive) To bow or crouch in servility.
Cringe
To act in an obsequious or servile manner.
Cringe
To draw (a body part) close to the body; also, to distort or wrinkle (the face, etc.).
Cringe
To bow or crouch to (someone) in servility; to escort (someone) in a cringing manner.
Cringe
(countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.
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Cringe
An act or disposition of servile obeisance.
Cringe
A part]] of the body.
Cringe
Awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe; cringeworthiness.
There was so much cringe in that episode!
Cringe
(slang) Inducing awkwardness, embarrassment, or secondhand embarrassment; cringemaking, cringeworthy, cringy.
Cringe
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.
Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thouOnce fawned and cringed, and servilely adoredHeaven's awful monarch?
Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing.
Cringe
To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
Till like a boy you see him cringe his face,And whine aloud for mercy.
Cringe
Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.
Cringe
Draw back, as with fear or pain;
She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Cringe
Show submission or fear
