cringing

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/ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/

noun

Act of one who cringes.

“the servile bowings and cringings of courtiers”

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cringe
nouncringing (plural cringings)

plural cringings

  1. Act of one who cringes.

    the servile bowings and cringings of courtiers

adjectivecringing (comparative more cringing, superlative most cringing)

comparative more cringing · superlative most cringing

    Synonyms & antonyms

    adjectivetotally submissive

    Similar
    grovelinggrovellingwormlikewormysubmissive
    Also see
    abjectbasecarrioncontemptiblederisibledespicablegrovelinggrovellingignominiousingloriouslaughablemiserablemurrainpatheticpissasspunkreprehensiblereprehensivereptilianscabbedscandalousscummyscurvyshitsubmissiveungloriouswoefulwormlikewormywretched

    Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

    Rhymes & wordplay

    Rhymes with cringing

    singeingswingeing
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    Cite this entry
    APA

    cringing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cringing

    MLA

    “cringing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cringing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cringing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cringing.

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