Antonyms for cringe
krɪndʒcringe

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. cringe

   Antonyms:
   face, confront, defy, dare

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

Matched Categories

1. • Bend
   • Move

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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. cringeverb

   Synonyms:
   truckle, fawn, crouch

How to use cringe in a sentence?

1. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

   I will never embarrass you, i will never do anything that makes you cringe and say ... 'I can't believe that's who we picked.'.

2. 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.

3. John Koenig:

   One day you’ll remember this moment, and it’ll mean something very different. Maybe you’ll cringe and laugh, or brim with pride, aching to return. Or notice some detail hidden in the scene, a future landmark making its first appearance or discreetly taking its final bow.

4. Carlos Leon:

   I do n’t cringe.

5. 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.

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