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What is another word for
cringe
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▲
Verb
To react in fear or apprehension
To experience an inward shiver of embarrassment or disgust
To act in a subservient or submissive manner
To adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down
To anticipate with great apprehension or fear
Noun
A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling
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▲
Verb
▲
To react in fear or apprehension
shrink
recoil
flinch
blench
quail
shy
cower
wince
crouch
dodge
duck
blanch
squinch
start
shudder
get cold feet
draw back
pull back
shy away
quake
falter
waver
balk
US
baulk
UK
back away
tremble
swerve
shake
shiver
shirk
shrink back
back off
retreat
grovel
shrink away
quiver
squirm
demur
jump
reel
withdraw
jump back
take fright
show fear
fall back
flinch from
recoil from
jerk
jolt
hesitate
buck
faint
droop
shake with fear
twitch
have cold feet
grimace
jib
gasp
scowl
turn
refuse
retire
slink
pull a face
react
make a face
hang back
spring back
start back
jerk back
baulk at
hide
ricochet
recede
evade
avoid
crawfish
backpedal
pull out
eschew
rebel
feel repugnance
shrink from
drop back
show repugnance
step back
lose ground
give way
back out
move away
give ground
escape
elude
shun
pull back from
shy away from
turn away
quail at
fight shy of
boggle at
jib at
more ❯
“Ideal as a watchdog, this dog will neither be aggressive nor
cringe
with fear when accosting a stranger.”
Verb
▲
To experience an inward shiver of embarrassment or disgust
squirm
blush
wince
flush
writhe
go red
feel ashamed
feel embarrassed
feel mortified
feel sheepish
suffer embarrassment
wince with embarrassment
“She stepped into Jeremy's room, and the smell of stale alcohol made her
cringe
in disgust.”
Verb
▲
To act in a subservient or submissive manner
grovel
crawl
kowtow
cower
fawn
toady
truckle
bend
bow
kneel
quail
stoop
woo
blandish
bootlick
creep
crouch
flatter
soft-soap
bow and scrape
brown-nose
pander to
sweet-talk
be all over
be servile towards
be sycophantic towards
curry favor with
US
curry favour with
UK
get round
dance attendance on
ingratiate oneself with
pay court to
suck up to
fall all over
eat dirt
make up to
butter up
apple-polish
suck up
pander
play up to
be servile
lick someone's boots
brownnose
fuss
court
be obsequious
rub up the right way
fawn on
fall on one's knees
pay court
creep to
kiss one's feet
honey up
humble oneself
abase yourself
prostrate oneself
lay it on
truckle to
prostrate
submit
yield
cajole
defer
stroke
massage
oil
curry favour
UK
abase oneself to
be obsequious towards
keep someone sweet
be obsequious to
demean oneself to
bow and scrape to
smoodge to
be sycophantic
abase oneself before
knuckle under
toady to
kiss-up
scratch one's back
kowtow to
curry favor
US
eat crow
cater to
crawl to
behave obsequiously
give in
cultivate
surrender
fawn over
try to get on the good side of
eat humble pie
seek the favour of
humiliate yourself
ingratiate yourself
try to win over
prostrate oneself before
wheedle
fanboy
fangirl
humor
US
humour
UK
implore
snivel
revere
pamper
prostrate oneself to
grovel to
kiss the feet of
genuflect
toe the mark
pay homage
cave in
show deference
go along with
do everything for
praise to excess
fall over oneself for
bow and scrape before
be sycophantic to
cave in to
be at beck and call
praise to the skies
kneel before
be servile to
smarm around
grovel before
sing the praises of
cringe before
abase oneself
buddy up
bow down
bow to
defer to
demean oneself
make much of
throw oneself at someone's feet
show respect for
fall at feet
concede
kiss up to
bend the knee
give way
cozy up
honey
charm
get in with
adulate
praise
glorify
blarney
overpraise
smarm
ingratiate
lay it on thick
build up
spread it on
rub the right way
get in good with
respect
curtsy
abase
comply
attract
fawn upon
submit to
play up
kiss someone's feet
bob a curtsy
endear
tug one's forelock
flannel
panegyrize
soften
gain the favor of
make overtures
get on the right side of
belaud
himor
puff
insinuate oneself
seek favor
snow
wax lyrical about
massage one's ego
hero-worship
compliment excessively
express admiration for
apple polish
slaver
beslaver
smooth-talk
degrade yourself
efface yourself
debase yourself
lower yourself
more ❯
“The poor puppy would
cringe
when his master raised the rolled-up newspaper.”
Verb
▲
To adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down
crouch
squat
stoop
bow
kneel
hunch
scooch
bend
huddle
cower
couch
duck
squinch
scrunch
grovel
shrink
hunker
dip
quail
wince
quat
hunker down
kneel down
bow down
squat down
bob down
duck down
stoop down
scrooch down
bend down
hunch over
crouch down
hunch down
lean
incline
bend over
lean over
sit on your haunches
lean down
bend forward
hunch one's shoulders
be round-shouldered
be servile
be bowed
lean forward
sit
walk with a stoop
settle
roost
perch
sit on your heels
bob
nod
lower
genuflect
curtsy
drop
curtsey
prostrate oneself
drop a curtsy
bend the knee
incline your body
make a bow
get on all fours
arch
huddle up
curl up
arc
decline
kowtow
droop
salaam
take a knee
incline the head
make obeisance
do obeisance
bend from waist
lower the body
make an obeisance
go down on your knees
fall to one's knees
get down on knees
more ❯
Verb
▲
To anticipate with great apprehension or fear
dread
shudder at the thought of
tremble at the thought of
fear
apprehend
misdoubt
shudder
tremble
be afraid of
shrink from
cower at
cringe from
quake at
shudder at
tremble at
worry about
be anxious about
be terrified by
feel apprehensive about
flinch from
have forebodings about
quail from
anticipate with horror
be afraid
be frightened of
be terrified of
be worried about
cringe at the thought of
have cold feet
be in a blue funk about
have cold feet about
shudder to think about
tremble to think about
be scared of
live in dread of
be apprehensive of
be apprehensive about
have butterflies in one's stomach
cower before
feel consternation about
be fearful of
live in fear of
tremble before
panic about
shake in your shoes about
go in terror of
be nervous
be scared
more ❯
Noun
▲
A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling
grimace
shudder
flinch
gasp
flinching
jump
quiver
recoil
shake
shrinking
start
wince
retreat
hesitation
“Aside from a few awkward laughs, there was pretty much an all-encompassing
cringe
from the crowd.”
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