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cringes

cringe
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [krinj]
    • /krɪndʒ/
    • /krɪndʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [krinj]
    • /krɪndʒ/

Definitions of cringes word

  • verb without object cringes to shrink, bend, or crouch, especially in fear or servility; cower. 1
  • verb without object cringes to fawn. 1
  • noun cringes servile or fawning deference. 1
  • noun cringes Plural form of cringe. 1
  • noun cringes plural of cringe. 0
  • verb cringes third-person singular simple present indicative form of cringe. 0

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Origin of cringes

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English crengen, crenchen (transitive); Old English *crencean, crencgean, causative of cringan, crincan to yield, fall (in battle)

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Parts of speech for Cringes

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

cringes popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for cringes

verb cringes

  • quail — a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
  • ducks — any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
  • shies — bashful; retiring.

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