Definitions
draw back, as with fear or pain
Used in a sentence
“He cringed as the bird collided with the window.”
“[W]hen 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, ſo they ſtept back and went behind.”
“And besides all this, there was a certain lofty bearing about the Pagan, which even his uncouthness could not altogether maim. He looked like a man who had never cringed and never had had a creditor.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Recoil in embarrassment”6 letters
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