cringe

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Definizione monolingua


cringe


Verb

cringe (third-person singular simple present cringes, present participle cringing, simple past and past participle cringed) (intransitive)


  1. (dated) To bow or crouch in servility.
    • 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk,
      He heard the hateful clank of their chains; he felt them cringe and grovel, and there rose within him a protest and a prophecy.
    • 1904, Jack London, Batard in The Faith of Men,
      Leclere was bent on the coming of the day when Batard should wilt in spirit and cringe and whimper at his feet.
  2. To shrink, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.
    He cringed as the bird collided with the window.
    • 1917, Jack London, Jerry of the Islands,
      But he made no whimper. Nor did he wince or cringe to the blows. He bored straight in, striving, without avoiding a blow, to beat and meet the blow with his teeth.
Noun

cringe (plural cringes)


  1. A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.
    He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.
  2. (dialect) A crick.

Definizione dizionario cringe


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Altri significati:
  To shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment
  (dated) To bow or crouch in servility.
  To shrink, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.
  (dialect) A crick.
  A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.

Traduzione cringe


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