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cringe, v.
(cringed, cringes, cringing)
freq. cnt. 3
more info draw back, as with fear or pain
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

cringe flinch funk quail recoil shrink squinch wince

sample sentences

"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

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more info show submission or fear
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

cower crawl creep cringe fawn grovel

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym