cringing
Meaning of cringing
verb
- To shrink, cower, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.
He cringed as the bird collided with the window.
- To bow or crouch in servility.
- To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
- Act of one who cringes.
the servile bowings and cringings of courtiers
Information about cringing
- The plural form of cringing is: cringings.
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Hyphenation of cringing
cring-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- cringing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cringing synonyms
Meaning groveling:
groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy
Words that rhyme with cringing
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