How to use cringe in a sentence If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement To cringe is also to pull back in fear from someone or something that seems powerful and dangerous:
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When someone acts/ or is so embarrassing or awkward , it makes you feel extemely ashamed and/or embarrassed.
To shrink back, bend, or crouch, especially in fear, pain, or servility
They cringed and bowed before the king. See examples of cringe used in a sentence. The term cringe underwent semantic change from its original usage describing an involuntary physical response to embarrassment Cringe (countable and uncountable, plural cringes) (countable) a gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking)
He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk. Cringe (krɪndʒ) vb (intr) 1 To shrink or flinch, esp in fear or servility 2 To behave in a servile or timid way
At its core, “cringe” refers to a feeling of embarrassment or discomfort caused by witnessing someone else’s awkward, inappropriate, or socially inept behavior.
Definition of cringe verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
