Crossword clues for cringing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cringe \Cringe\ (kr[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cringed (kr[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cringing.] [As. crincgan, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.] To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence, to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.
When they were come up to the place where the lions
were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe
behind, for they were afraid of the lions.
--Bunyan.
Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou
Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored
Heaven's awful monarch?
--Milton.
Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing.
--Arbuthnot.
Wiktionary
n. Act of one who cringes. vb. (present participle of cringe English)
WordNet
adj. totally submissive [syn: groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy]
Usage examples of "cringing".
Maliciously, Rhyssa pro jected an image of a very young Madlyn Luvaro, mourn wide open, and the circle of people cringing away from the waves of sound emanating from her.
If you’d seen some of the lovingly but inaccurately written stories I’ve seen, including a film script that had me cringing in fear that it would be produced, you’d understand how I feel about having my literary child misrepresented.
Vill TEMPLE ENTERED THE DINING-ROOM FROM THE KITCHEN, HER face fixed in a cringing, placative expression.
She walked swiftly to the house, her stockinged feet flinching and cringing from the rough earth, watching the house.
She looked at Temple across SANCTUARY 53 her shoulder while Temple stared at her with that grimace of cringing and placative assurance.
She stopped, folding and folding the sheets, then she went on, with swift, cringing glances at the empty stalls.
She shrank, cringing: they could see the cringing of her legs beneath the covers.
She writhed slowly in a cringing movement, cringing upon herself in as complete an isolation as though she were bound to a church steeple.
She lay motionless, her palms lifted, her flesh beneath the envelope of her loins cringing rearward in furious disintegration like frightened people in a crowd.
And you, little cringing human, shall be my way to some of the weapons I'll need.
Feigning and cringing are for devils i trample-from you, let there be instant obedience!
After several moments a cult member, cringing and wincing, stepped through the fire.
Ce'Nedra said, pushing back the hood of her cloak with one mittened hand, "what exactly was the purpose of all that cringing and snivelling?
At last she stopped her reptilian dance and leaned slowly forward until her tongue brushed the cringing eunuch's cheek.
Thou mayest bask in the canine adulation of thy cringing dogs, who even now befoul thy throne room with their droppings, and thou wilt never become a God.