The dog cringed at the sight of the whip.
SYNONYM(S): cower.The courtiers cringed before the king.
SYNONYM(S): fawn.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
cring — cring·er; sa·cring; cring·ing·ly; cring·ing·ness; … English syllables
cring´ing|ly — cringe «krihnj», verb, cringed, cring|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to shrink from danger or pain; crouch in fear: »The dog cringed at the sight of the whip. SYNONYM(S): cower. 2. to try to get favor by slavish attention or behavior: »The courtiers cringed … Useful english dictionary
cring — ? ( ?/ ?) downfall, slaughter … Old to modern English dictionary
sa|cring — «SAY krihng», noun. a consecrating, especially that of the bread and wine in the Mass. ╂[< sacr (e) + ing1] … Useful english dictionary
cringer — cring·er … English syllables
cringing — cring|ing [ krındʒıŋ ] adjective a cringing person always obeys people or agrees with them in a way that does not seem sincere. This word shows that you do not respect people like this … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cringingly — cring·ing·ly … English syllables
cringingness — cring·ing·ness … English syllables
Category of rings — In mathematics, the category of rings, denoted by Ring, is the category whose objects are rings (with identity) and whose morphisms are ring homomorphisms (preserving the identity). Like many categories in mathematics, the category of rings is… … Wikipedia
cringe — [[t]krɪndʒ[/t]] v. cringed, cring•ing, n. 1) to shrink or crouch, esp. in fear or servility; cower 2) to fawn; toady 3) servile or fawning deference • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME crengen, crenchen (transit.); OE *crencean, crencgean, causative of… … From formal English to slang
