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Word: Cringe
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English crenge, crenche, related to Old English cringan, crincan ‘bend, yield, fall in battle’, of Germanic origin and related to Dutch krengen ‘heel over’ and German krank ‘sick’, also to crank
krɪn(d)ʒ
bend one's head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile manner
Short Definition:bend one's head and body in fear or apprehension
Examples:- he cringed away from the blow
have an inward feeling of acute embarrassment or awkwardness
Short Definition:experience inward shiver of embarrassment or disgust
Examples:- I cringed at his stupidity
Word: Cringe
Speech Type: Noun
krɪn(d)ʒ
an act of cringing.
Short Definition:act of cringing
Word: Cringe
Speech Type: Adjective
krɪn(d)ʒ
causing feelings of acute embarrassment or awkwardness
Short Definition:causing acute embarrassment or awkwardness
Examples:- learning about sex and sexuality can be seriously cringe
- this whole situation is so cringe
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