cringe

1. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort. Source: opted

3. n. Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. Source: opted

4. n. some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame Source: wordnet

5. n. A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. Source: wordnet

6. v. draw back, as with fear or pain Source: wordnet

7. v. show submission or fear Source: wordnet

8. To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend orcrouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in adegrading manner; to fawn.When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boysthat went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid ofthe lions. Bunyan.Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou Once fawned and cringed, andservilely adored Heaven's awful monarch Milton.Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing. Arbuthnot. Source: adambom

9. v:100 v draw back, as with fear or pain v show submission or fear Source: ecdict

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