cringes

verb

Definition of cringesnext
present tense third-person singular of cringe
1
as in winces
to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust gruesome crime scene photos that made several jurors cringe

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2
as in flinches
to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission the puppy cringed when his master raised the rolled-up newspaper

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“Cringes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cringes. Accessed 24 Mar. 2023.

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