Synonyms for cringe
krɪndʒcringe

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1. cringe

   Synonyms:
   crouch, bend, bow, fawn, grabble, grub

   Antonyms:
   face, confront, defy, dare

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1. flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quailverb

   draw back, as with fear or pain

   "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

   Synonyms:
   rebound, cower, bound, shrivel up, reverberate, quail, shrink, flinch, funk, shrivel, grovel, spring, ricochet, kick back, take a hop, wither, backfire, bounce, backlash, resile, reduce, wince, kick, recoil, squinch, creep, crawl, squint, contract, fawn

2. fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovelverb

   show submission or fear

   Synonyms:
   cower, sneak, recoil, bootlick, fawn, quail, flinch, funk, crawl, grovel, huddle, wince, truckle, kowtow, kotow, pussyfoot, squinch, creep, mouse, suck up, toady, shrink

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1. • Bend
   • Move

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1. cringeverb

   Synonyms:
   crouch, fawn, truckle, sneak, stoop, bend the knee

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1. cringeverb

   Synonyms:
   truckle, fawn, crouch

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1. List of paraphrases for "cringe":

   shudder, cry

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1. New Yorkers:

   Related : New language discovered in northern Australia The claim – which Frenkel later acknowledged was little more than a theory - was quickly attacked by other communication experts in Australia. University of Queensland linguistics expert Rob Pensalfini told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the theory was an example of cultural cringe and was absolute rubbish. They say New Yorkers have nasal voices because they have to cut through the noise of the traffic, New Yorkers told the ABC. The original one for Australia was we speak in a slurred and closed-lip way to keep the flies out of their mouths.

2. Brian Fallon:

   I thought it was very cringe-worthy on many levels. Elizabeth Warren doesn't need Bill de Blasio's advice on what's good for the progressive movement, i don't even think it's true, what he tried to say at the end of the tweet, that if the situation were reversed Bernie would have endorsed her already. I don't think that's true at all.

3. Kristin Cavallari:

   I definitely believe in marriage, and I think that I will, eventually. But, the thought of getting married right now, it's like, 'Oh, my God.' It makes me cringe.

4. Chris Seelbach:

   As much as I love the Senate team, the description of their ‘Bruce Jenner’ hot dog of the day made me cringe a little.

5. Taylor Budowich:

   It seems like perpetual-failed-candidate Hillary Clinton’s basket of deplorables has run stale, not unlike herself, it’s pathetic, it’s divisive, and it is further cementing her legacy of cringe.