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cringe

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cringe / krinj/ • v. (cring·ing ) [intr.] bend one's head and body in fear or in a servile manner. ∎ experience an inward shiver of embarrassment or disgust: I cringed at the fellow's stupidity. • n. an act of cringing in fear. ∎ a feeling of embarrassment or disgust. DERIVATIVES: cring·er n.

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cringe

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

cringe. XIII ME. crenge, varying with crenche, corr. to OE. crinġan, crinċan fall in battle, Du. krengen heel over, and rel to ON. krangr weak, frail, kranga creep along, and MLG., Du., MHG. krenken weaken, injure, (M)LG., (M)HG. krank sick, ill, slight (see CRANK 1).

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cringe

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

cringe •Falange, flange •avenge, henge, revenge, Stonehenge •arrange, change, counterchange, estrange, exchange, grange, interchange, Lagrange, mange, part-exchange, range, short-change, strange •binge, cringe, fringe, hinge, impinge, singe, springe, swinge, syringe, tinge, twinge, whinge •challenge • orange • scavenge •lozenge • blancmange •lounge, scrounge •blunge, expunge, grunge, gunge, lunge, plunge, scunge, sponge

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