cringing

Meaning of cringing

verb
  1. To shrink, cower, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.
    He cringed as the bird collided with the window.
  2. To bow or crouch in servility.
  3. To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
noun
  1. Act of one who cringes.
    the servile bowings and cringings of courtiers

Information about cringing

  • The plural form of cringing is: cringings.
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Hyphenation of cringing

cring-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • cringing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

cringing synonyms

Meaning groveling:

groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy

Words that rhyme with cringing

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