cringe
US: /ˈkɹɪndʒ/
UK: /kɹˈɪndʒ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cringe /'krindʤ/- danh từ
- sự khúm núm, sự khép nép, sự luồn cúi, sự quỵ luỵ
- sự khúm núm, sự khép nép, sự luồn cúi, sự quỵ luỵ
- nội động từ
- nép xuống, núp mình xuống, co rúm lại
- khúm núm, khép nép, luồn cúi, quỵ luỵ
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [V]1 to move back and/or away from sb because you are afraid
Synonym: COWER
a child cringing in terror
2 to feel very embarrassed and uncomfortable about sth: I cringe when I think of the poems I wrote then. + She felt herself cringe with embarrassment at the memory.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 cower, wince, flinch, quail, recoil, blench, tremble, quiver, quake or shake in one's boots or shoes, shrink:
That dirty little coward cringed even when they called his name.
2 defer, kowtow, grovel, crawl, fawn, boot-lick, US apple-polish; Slang kiss someone's arse or US and Canadian ass, Taboo Slang brown-nose:
The man cringed before the magistrate, his eyes downcast, tugging his forelock.
Concise dictionary
cringes|cringed|cringingkrɪndʒverb
+draw back, as with fear or pain
+show submission or fear
