cringe

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. draw back, as with fear or pain (Freq. 2)
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
• Syn:
flinch, squinch, funk, shrink, wince,
recoil, quail
• Derivationally related forms:
wince (for: wince), flinch (for: flinch)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Hyponyms:
shrink back, retract
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. show submission or fear (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
fawn, crawl, creep, cower, grovel
• Derivationally related forms:
groveler (for: grovel), groveller (for: grovel), coward (for: cower), crawler (for: crawl), fawner (for: fawn)
• Hypernyms:
bend, flex
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fawn, crawl, creep, cower, grovel, flinch, squinch, funk, shrink, wince, recoil, quail