Cringe

Noun

 * 1) A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.
 * He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.
 * 1)  A crick.

Verb

 * 1)  To bow or crouch in servility.
 * 2) To shrink, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.

Derived terms

 * cringeworthy

Adverbs for Cringe
humbly; servilely; slavishly; menially; brokenly; defeatedly; grotesquely; timorously.

Thesaurus
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