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cringe

(kr/I/n/dZ/ )

Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.(noun)

source: webster1913

draw back, as with fear or pain(verb.motion)

Synonym:
flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince

source: wordnet30
show submission or fear(verb.motion)

Synonym:
cower, crawl, creep, fawn, grovel

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.(verb)

source: webster1913

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