What is the definition of Cringe? | Dictionary.net

CRINGE

\kɹˈɪnd͡ʒ], \kɹˈɪnd‍ʒ], \k_ɹ_ˈɪ_n_dʒ]\

Definitions of CRINGE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

Sort: Oldest first

show submission or fear

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

show submission or fear

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To bend or crouch from fear or servility.
A servile bow.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To bend: to crouch with servility: to submit: to fawn: to flatter.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A low bow or bending.
To bow or crouch with servility; to fawn.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To crouch; fawn.
A servile crouching.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. Servile civility; a mean bow.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

Bow, servile civility.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

Word of the day

savings and loan

thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages

View More

Nearby Words