Summary

cringing {adjective}
craintif · servile · obséquieux

to cringe {verb}
se faire tout petit · s'humilier · s'aplatir · avoir un mouvement de recul

Synonyms

cringing: groveling · grovelling · wormlike

cringe: flinch · squinch · funk

English-French translation for "cringing"

"cringing" French translation

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cringing {adjective}

cringing {adj.} (also: apprehensive, fearful, timorous)

craintif {adj.}

cringing {adj.} (also: abject, fawning, servile, slavish)

servile {adj.}

cringing {adj.} (also: obsequious, slimy)

obséquieux {adj.}

to cringe {verb}

to cringe [cringed|cringed] {vb} (also: to lay low)

se faire tout petit {vb}

to cringe [cringed|cringed] {vb}

s'humilier {vb}

to cringe [cringed|cringed] {vb}

to cringe [cringed|cringed] {vb} (also: to recoil)

avoir un mouvement de recul {vb}

Synonyms

Synonyms (English) for "cringing":

© Princeton Universitygroveling · grovelling · wormlike · wormy

Synonyms (English) for "cringe":

© Princeton Universityflinch · squinch · funk · shrink · wince · recoil · quail · fawn · crawl · creep · cower · grovel

Similar words

Crimeans · crimes · criminal · criminality · criminals · crimp · crimper · crimping · crimpled · crimson · cringing · cringle · crinkle · crinkled · crinoline · cripple · crippled · crippling · crisis · crisp · crisply

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