Cringe(n.) Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.
Cringe(v. t.) To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.
Cringe(v. t.) To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
Cringing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cringe
Cringingly(adv.) In a cringing manner.

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