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Meanings of cringing in English

Totally submissive.

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Usage of cringing in English
1
Tracy Morgan's interview on the US Today show left us all cringing.
News.com.au
2
He stopped and looked back at the people cringing in the doorways.
The Stutterer
3
He saw men cringing as they neared the flames, heard children cry.
A Dance with Dragons
4
Marco was holding it at arms' length, almost cringing away from it.
Strata
5
The spirit loses its hopefulness and independence and becomes servile and cringing.
Usury / A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View
6
Beneath the moon Tarzan held the cringing figure upon its shaking feet.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
7
I watched while the cringing Lesser families approached you swearing their loyalty.
Blood and Bone
8
The thought stung him, and he turned sharply toward the cringing Curly.
Glen of the High North
9
Nudging the glass a little; cringing as it crashed to the floor.
The lake
10
He was impudently cringing to us and systematically insolent to the officers.
The Nigger Of The "Narcissus": A Tale Of The Forecastle
11
In all his cringing attitudes, the God-fugitive is now too plainly known.
Moby Dick
12
She waited, cringing not only with disgust now, but fear as well.
Flesh Eaters
13
He shook the vampire's hand, inwardly cringing at the man's cold touch.
Last Blood
14
So says the official, returning to his august master with cringing servility.
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
15
You know, he was a frightened child -and a cringing one.
Self's punishment
16
He stalked up to the cringing Harper, thrust his face toward him.
The 4-D Doodler
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Cringing through the time
Cringing across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common