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cringing

verb , present participle of cringe

Synonyms and Antonyms of cringing

1 to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust

gruesome crime scene photos that made several jurors cringe

Synonyms of cringing

blenching, flinching, quailing, recoiling, shrinking, squinching, wincing

Words Related to cringing

blanching, paling, whitening

quaking, quivering, shaking, shuddering, trembling

jerking, starting, twitching

receding, retiring, retreating, withdrawing

faltering, hesitating, reeling, wavering

Near Antonyms of cringing

advancing, approaching, nearing

bearding, challenging, confronting, defying, facing

2 to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission

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

Synonyms of cringing

cowering, groveling (or grovelling), quailing

Words Related to cringing

flinching, recoiling, shrinking, squinching

blanching, blenching, whitening

fawning, kowtowing, toadying

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