Dictionary Entry
cringe
cringe is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
- 3noun
Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.
- 4verb
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- 5verb
show submission or fear
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