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4 definitions found 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. ``With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious.'' --Cowper. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cringe v 1: draw back as with fear [syn: {flinch}, {squinch}, {funk}, {shrink}, {wince}, {recoil}, {quail}] 2: show submission or fear [syn: {fawn}, {crawl}, {creep}, {cower}, {grovel}]
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