[
UK
/kɹˈɪndʒ/
]
[ US /ˈkɹɪndʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹɪndʒ/ ]
VERB
- show submission or fear
-
draw back, as with fear or pain
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
How To Use cringe In A Sentence
- So I cringe when a local newsperson shoves a microphone in the face of some young 95-pound twink (Straight Translation: a twink is a skinny homosexual with a lot of moxie). Max Mutchnick: Where Is My Martin Luther Queen?
- At college he had never (illis dissimilis in nostro tempore natis) cringed to the possessors of clerical power. Pelham — Volume 05
- The acting was hammy, the jokes were forced, and the entire thing came across like a high school play - actors overdoing everything in cringe-worthy performances.
- This will make you laugh out loud - and cringe with embarrassment. The Sun
- I will always, like the vast majority of people, look at a photo of myself and wince or cringe. Times, Sunday Times
- She is, for lack of a better word, cringeworthy.
- He cringed away from Arun, eyes wide, then blinked and appeared to recognize the trapper.
- Dimitri cringed away from the raging monster and quickly stumbled towards the door.
- She cringed as her black blood ran down the shaft of the spear.
- I cringed at the thought of him urinating on it in the full view of the highway.