Synonyms of cringed

cringed

verb

past tense of cringe

1

as in winced

to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust

gruesome crime scene photos that made several jurors cringe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• winced
• flinched
• recoiled
• shuddered
• hesitated
• trembled
• shrank
• shrunk
• quailed
• quivered
• blenched
• paled
• shook
• blanched
• squinched
• crouched
• retreated
• whitened
• quaked
• twitched
• withdrew
• jerked
• faltered
• receded
• reeled
• wavered
• started
• retired

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approached
• advanced
• confronted
• faced
• challenged
• neared
• defied
• bearded

2

as in flinched

to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission

the puppy cringed when his master raised the rolled-up newspaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flinched
• cowered
• recoiled
• quailed
• grovelled
• groveled
• blanched
• shrank
• shrunk
• whitened
• fawned
• blenched
• kowtowed
• squinched
• toadied