Cringed

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  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of cringe.
    • Word Usage
    "In the first few days I cringed from the kind of jokes that go on in the workplace … until I realized that it was me who was over-sensitized to the overly-politically-correct situation in the US, and that that is the exception rather than the rule."
    Antonym
    swagger    bluster    bully   
    Verb Form
    cringed    cringes    cringing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bend    flex   
    Cross Reference
    shrink    crouch    wince   
    Form
    cringed    cringing    cringeworthy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wince    fawn    contract    distort    fawning    crouch    stoop    cower    spaniel    crinkle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Inge    binge    fringe    hinge    impinge    infringe    minge    singe    syringe    tinge   
     
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