cringe – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
cringe
v.
flinch, shrink back, recoil (in surprise or fright); grovel
cringe
Verb
1. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
(synonym) flinch, squinch, funk, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) shrink back, retract
2. show submission or fear
(synonym) fawn, crawl, creep, cower, grovel
(hypernym) bend, flex
cringe
v.
cítit se zahanbeně; odplazit se
cringe
Czas.
kurczyć się; kulić się; odczuwać zażenowanie; wprawiają cię w zażenowanie
Cringe
(v. t.)
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.
(v. t.)
To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
(n.)
Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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