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- cringing
adj : totally submissive [syn: groveling, grovelling, wormlike,
wormy]
- Cringe \Cringe\ (kr?nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crnged (kr?njd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Cringing.] [As. crincgang, 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.
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Cringing Sample Sentences in News
- Enough cringing, Auntie; stand up and face the rottweilers
After a BBC journalist had a suspected heart attack at his desk, worried colleagues immediately called 999. But when the ambulance men arrived, it’s claimed they were prevented from attending to the patient because the news was on air and the newsroom in which the stricken man worked was in the back of shot. Read more on this news related to 'Cringing' - Let's stop cringing and look America in the eye
Flinty Norman Tebbit was not a man to eat two breakfasts. Yet I witnessed him preparing to risk his waistline for the sake of Britain’s “special relationship” with America during a Tory party conference in the cholesterol-heavy surroundings of the Imperial hotel, Blackpool. Read more on this news related to 'Cringing' - Unbalanced Big Ten schedule favors Wisconsin, gives Iowa a rough road
The release of the Big Ten's unbalanced schedule earlier this week undoubtedly inspired different reactions from various fan bases. They were smiling in Madison. They were cringing in Iowa City. Wisconsin caught a huge break only playing Big Ten contenders … Continue reading → Read more on this news related to 'Cringing'
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