The Wordsmith Dictionary

Cringe (krnj ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crnged (krnjd ); p. pr. & vb. n.Cringing. ] Etym: [As. crincgang, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank. ]

Defn: 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. When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions. Bunyan. Sly hypocrite, ... who more than thou Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored Heaven's awful monarch Milton. Flatterers... are always bowing and cringing. Arbuthnot.

CRINGE

CRINGE Cringe, v. t.

Defn: To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort. [Obs. ] Till like a boy you see him cringe his face, And whine aloud for mercy. Shak.

CRINGE

CRINGE Cringe, n.

Defn: Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. "With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious. " Cowper.

CRINGELING

CRINGELING Cringe "ling, n.

Defn: One who cringes meanly; a fawner.

CRINGER

CRINGER Crin "ger (krn "jr ), n.

Defn: One who cringes.

CRINGINGLY

CRINGINGLY Crin "ging *ly, adv.

Defn: In a cringing manner.

CRINGLE

Crin "gle (krn "g'l ), n. Etym: [Icel. kringla orb; akin to kring around, and to D. kring circle, and to E. cringe, crank. ]

1. A withe for fastening a gate.

2. (Naut. )

Defn: An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc.

CRINICULTURAL

Crin `i *cul "tur *al (krn `-kl "tr-al; 135 ), a. Etym: [L. crinis hair +cultura. ]

Defn: Relating to the growth of hair. [R.]

CRINIGEROUS

Cri *nig "er *ous (kr-nj "r-s ), a. Etym: [L. criniger; crinis hair +gerere to bear. ]

Defn: Bearing hair; hairy. [R.]

CRINITAL

CRINITAL Cri "ni *tal (kr "n-tal ), a.

Defn: Same as Crinite,

1. He the star crinital adoreth. Stanyhurst.

CRINITE

Cri "nite (kr "nt ), a. Etym: [L. crinitus, p. p. of crinire to provide or cover with hair, fr. crinis hair. ]

1. Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or train. "Comate, crinite, caudate stars."

2. (Bot. )

Defn: Bearded or tufted with hairs. Gray.

CRINITORY

CRINITORY Cri "ni *to *ry (kr "n-t-r ), a.

Defn: Of or relating to hair; as, a crinitory covering. T. Hook.

CRINKLE

Crin "kle (krn "k'l ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crinkled (-k'ld ); p. pr. &vb. n. Crinkling (-klng ).] Etym: [A dim. , fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe. ]

Defn: To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalites or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl. The houscrinkled to and fro. Chaucer. Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled. Skelton.The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. Mrs. Browning.

CRINKLE

CRINKLE Crin "kle, v. i.

Defn: To turn or wind; ti run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in wavws; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved. The green wheat crinkles like a lake. L. T. Trowbridge. And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. Mrs. Browning.

CRINKLE

CRINKLE Crin "kle, n.

Defn: A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. A. Tucker.

CRINKLED

CRINKLED Crin "kled (krn "k'ld ), a.

Defn: Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag. "The crinkled lightning. " Lowell.

CRINKLY

CRINKLY Crin "kly (-kl ), a.

Defn: Having crinkles; wavy; wrinkly.

CRINOID

CRINOID Cri "noid (kr "noid ), a. [See Crinoidea. ] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Crinoidal. -- n.

Defn: One of the Crinoidea.

CRINOIDAL

CRINOIDAL Cri *noid "al (kr-noidal ), a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing, crinoids.

CRINOIDEA

Cri *noid "e *a (kr-noid "-), n. pl. Etym: [NL. , from Gr. -oid: cf. F.crino.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.

CRINOIDEAN

CRINOIDEAN Cri *noid "e *an (-an ), n. (Zoöl )

Defn: One of the Crinoidea.

CRINOLINE

Crin "o *line (krn "-ln ), n. Etym: [F., fr. crin hair, L. crinis.]

1. A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.

2. A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt.

CRINOSE

Cri *nose " (kr-ns "), a. Etym: [L. crinis hair. ]

Defn: Hairy. [R.]

CRINOSITY

CRINOSITY Cri *nos "i *ty (kr-ns "-t ), n.

Defn: Hairiness. [R.]

CRINUM

Cri "num (kr "nm ), n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Bot. )

Defn: A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.

New American Oxford Dictionary

cringe

cringe |krinj krɪnʤ | ▶verb ( cringes, cringing , cringed ) [ no obj. ] bend one's head and body in fear or in a servile manner: he cringed away from the blow | (as adj. cringing ) : we are surrounded by cringing yes-men and sycophants. • experience an inward shiver of embarrassment or disgust: I cringed at the fellow's stupidity. ▶noun an act of cringing. DERIVATIVES cring er noun ORIGIN Middle English crenge, crenche, related to Old English cringan, crincan ‘bend, yield, fall in battle, ’ of Germanic origin and related to Dutch krengen ‘heel over ’ and German krank ‘sick, ’ also to crank 1 .

cringe-making

cringe-mak ing ▶adjective another term for cringeworthy.

cringeworthy

cringe wor thy |ˈkrinjˌwərT͟Hē ˈkrɪnwɜːrði | ▶adjective informal causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness: the play's cast was excellent, but the dialogue was unforgivably cringeworthy.

cringingly

cring ing ly |ˈkrinjiNGlē ˈkrɪndʒɪŋli | ▶adverb in a servile or sycophantic way: he shrank cringingly to one side. • so as to make one feel embarrassed or disgusted: their early performances were cringingly awkward.

cringle

crin gle |ˈkriNGgəl ˈkrɪŋɡəl | ▶noun Sailing a ring of rope formed in the edge of a sail and containing a thimble, for another rope to pass through. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Low German kringel, diminutive of kring ‘ring. ’

crinkle

crin kle |ˈkriNGkəl ˈkrɪŋkəl | ▶verb form small creases or wrinkles in the surface of something, esp. the skin of the face as the result of a facial expression: [ no obj. ] : Rose's face crinkled in bewilderment | his face crinkled up in a smile | [ with obj. ] : Burney crinkled his eyes in a smile | (as adj. crinkled ) : plants with crinkled foliage. • [ with obj. ] cause (something ) to make a crackling or rustling sound: we tried hard not to crinkle the plastic as we unwrapped the pies. ▶noun a wrinkle or crease on the surface of something: there was a crinkle of suspicion on her forehead. ORIGIN late Middle English: related to Old English crincan (see cringe ).

crinkle-cut

crin kle-cut ▶adjective (esp. of French fries ) cut with wavy edges.

crinkly

crin kly |ˈkriNGk (ə )lē ˈkrɪŋkli | ▶adjective ( crinklier, crinkliest ) full of creases or wrinkles; wrinkled: brown crinkly paper.

crinkum-crankum

crin kum-cran kum |ˌkriNGkəm ˈkraNGkəm ˈkrɪŋkəmˌkræŋkəm | ▶noun archaic elaborate decoration or detail. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: fanciful reduplication of the nouns crank 1 and crank 2 .

crinoid

cri noid |ˈkrīˌnoid ˈkraɪˌnoɪd |Zoology ▶noun an echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, which comprises the sea lilies and feather stars. ▶adjective relating to or denoting crinoids. DERIVATIVES cri noi dal |ˈkrīˌnoidl |adjective

Crinoidea

Cri noid e a |krīˈnoidēə kraɪˈnoɪdiə |Zoology a class of echinoderms that comprises the sea lilies and feather stars. They have slender, feathery arms and (in some kinds ) a stalk for attachment, and were abundant in the Paleozoic era. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek krinoeidēs ‘lilylike, ’ from krinon ‘lily. ’

crinoline

crin o line |ˈkrinl-in ˈkrɪn (ə )lɪn | ▶noun 1 historical a stiffened or hooped petticoat worn to make a long skirt stand out. 2 a stiff fabric made of horsehair and cotton or linen thread, typically used for stiffening petticoats or as a lining. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. ( sense 2, early crinolines being made of such material ): from French, formed irregularly from Latin crinis ‘hair ’ + linum ‘thread. ’

Oxford Dictionary

cringe

cringe |krɪn (d )ʒ | ▶verb ( cringes, cringing, cringed ) [ no obj. ] bend one's head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile manner: he cringed away from the blow | (as adj. cringing ) : we are surrounded by cringing yes-men and sycophants. • experience an inward shiver of embarrassment or disgust: I cringed at the fellow's stupidity. ▶noun an act of cringing. DERIVATIVES cringer noun ORIGIN Middle English crenge, crenche, related to Old English cringan, crincan ‘bend, yield, fall in battle ’, of Germanic origin and related to Dutch krengen ‘heel over ’ and German krank ‘sick ’, also to crank 1 .

cringe-making

cringe-making ▶adjective another term for cringeworthy.

cringeworthy

cringe |worthy |ˈkrɪndʒwəːði | ▶adjective informal causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness: the play's cast was excellent, but the dialogue was unforgivably cringeworthy.

cringingly

cringingly |ˈkrɪndʒɪŋli | ▶adverb in a servile or sycophantic way: Carfax shrank cringingly to one side. • [ usu. as submodifier ] informal so as to make one feel embarrassed or disgusted: their early performances were cringingly awkward.

cringle

crin ¦gle |ˈkrɪŋg (ə )l | ▶noun Sailing a ring of rope containing a thimble, for another rope to pass through. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Low German kringel, diminutive of kring ‘ring ’.

crinkle

crin ¦kle |ˈkrɪŋk (ə )l | ▶verb form into small surface creases or wrinkles: [ no obj. ] : Rose's face crinkled in bewilderment | [ with obj. ] : he smiled boyishly, crinkling his eyes | (as adj. crinkled ) : a skirt in crinkled fabric. ▶noun a wrinkle or crease on the surface of something: there was a crinkle of suspicion on her forehead. ORIGIN late Middle English: related to Old English crincan (see cringe ).

crinkle-cut

crinkle-cut ▶adjective (especially of chips ) cut with wavy edges.

crinkly

crin ¦kly |ˈkrɪŋkli | ▶adjective ( crinklier, crinkliest ) full of creases or wrinkles; wrinkled: brown crinkly paper.

crinkum-crankum

crinkum-crankum |krɪŋkəmˈkraŋkəm | ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic elaborate decoration or detail. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: fanciful reduplication of the nouns crank 1 and crank 2 .

crinoid

crinoid |ˈkrʌɪnɔɪd, ˈkrɪnɔɪd |Zoology ▶noun an echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, which comprises the sea lilies and feather stars. ▶adjective relating to or denoting crinoids. DERIVATIVES crinoidal |-ˈnɔɪd (ə )l |adjective

Crinoidea

Crinoidea |krʌɪˈnɔɪdɪə | ▶plural noun Zoology a class of echinoderms that comprises the sea lilies and feather stars. They have slender feathery arms and (in some kinds ) a stalk for attachment, and were abundant in the Palaeozoic era. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek krinoeidēs ‘lily-like ’, from krinon ‘lily ’.

crinoline

crinoline |ˈkrɪn (ə )lɪn | ▶noun historical 1 a stiffened or hooped petticoat worn to make a long skirt stand out. 2 [ mass noun ] a stiff fabric made of horsehair and cotton or linen thread, used for stiffening petticoats or as a lining. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (originally in sense 2, early crinolines being made of such material ): from French, formed irregularly from Latin crinis ‘hair ’ + linum ‘thread ’.

American Oxford Thesaurus

cringe

cringe verb 1 she cringed as he bellowed in her ear: cower, shrink, recoil, shy away, flinch, blench, draw back; shake, tremble, quiver, quail, quake. 2 it makes me cringe when I think of it: wince, shudder, squirm, feel embarrassed, feel mortified. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See wince . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

crinkle

crinkle verb it's impossible to crinkle the paper quietly: wrinkle, crease, pucker, furrow, corrugate; rumple, crumple, scrunch up, ruck up.

crinkly

crinkly adjective a stiff, crinkly fabric: wrinkled, wrinkly, crinkled, creased, crumpled, rumpled, crimped, corrugated, fluted, puckered, furrowed; wavy.

Oxford Thesaurus

cringe

cringe verb 1 I cringe in terror every time I have to face him: cower, shrink, draw back, pull back, recoil, start, shy (away ), wince, flinch, blench, blanch, dodge, duck, crouch, shudder, shake, tremble, quiver, quail, quake; get cold feet. 2 it makes me cringe when I think how stupid I was: wince, squirm, blush, flush, go red; feel embarrassed, feel ashamed, feel sheepish, feel mortified, wince with embarrassment. 3 he was always cringing to the queen: kowtow, bow and scrape, grovel, creep, crawl, toady, fawn, truckle, cower; be servile towards, be sycophantic towards, dance attendance on, ingratiate oneself with, curry favour with; flatter, woo, pay court to, get round; informal suck up to, make up to, lick someone's boots, be all over, fall all over, sweet-talk, soft-soap; N. Amer. brown-nose; archaic blandish.

crinkle

crinkle verb the skin around his eyes crinkled as he smiled: wrinkle, crease, pucker, furrow, line, corrugate, crimp, crumple, rumple, ruck up, scrunch up; Brit. rare ruckle. ▶noun the film could be removed and replaced without crinkles: wrinkle, crease, fold, pucker, gather, furrow, ridge, line, corrugation, groove, crumple, rumple.

crinkly

crinkly adjective the dress had dried all crinkly: wrinkled, wrinkly, crinkled, crumpled, rumpled, creased, crimped, corrugated, fluted, gathered, puckered, furrowed, ridged, grooved, rippled, wavy, kinked, kinky.

French Dictionary

crin

crin n. m. nom masculin Poil long et rude de certains animaux (cheval, lion, etc. ). LOCUTION À tout crin, à tous crins. Ardent, passionné. : Un nationaliste à tout crin ou à tous crins.

crinière

crinière n. f. nom féminin 1 Crins de certains animaux (cheval, lion, etc. ). : Le cheval a une belle crinière. 2 familier Chevelure abondante. : Julie a une belle crinière rousse.

crinoline

crinoline n. f. nom féminin Jupon très ample servant à faire gonfler les robes.

Spanish Dictionary

crin

crin nombre femenino 1 Conjunto de pelos gruesos y largos que tienen los caballos y otros animales a lo largo de la parte superior del cuello o en la cola :el ñu tiene una abundante crin negra; se agarró a las crines del caballo para no caer; utilizaron bigotes postizos hechos con crin de caballo .Se usa también en plural con el mismo significado .2 Cada uno de los pelos de la crin .crin vegetal Hilo flexible y elástico que se obtiene de las hojas del esparto y de ciertas algas y musgos, y que se emplea en tapicería como relleno :colchoneta de crin .También simplemente crin . VÉASE lobo de crin .

crinoideo

crinoideo adjetivo /nombre masculino 1 zool [animal ] Que pertenece a la clase de los crinoideos :el lirio de mar es un crinoideo .2 crinoideos nombre masculino plural zool Clase de equinodermos con el disco en forma de cono invertido y los brazos provistos de prolongaciones laterales en forma de barbas de pluma :la mayor parte de los crinoideos viven fijos en los fondos marinos .

crinolina

crinolina nombre femenino Méx Prenda interior femenina de tela rígida, y a veces con aros, que se usa para dar vuelo a las faldas o polleras .SINÓNIMO miriñaque .

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cringe

cringe /krɪn (d )ʒ /動詞自動詞 1 (恐怖感で ) «…に » すくむ, 後ずさりする, 畏縮する «at » .2 (恥嫌悪感などで )身がすくむ思いをする .3 【地位のある人に】へつらう «to » .名詞 C 1 身がすくむこと .2 困惑, とまどい .

crinkle

crin kle /krɪ́ŋk (ə )l /動詞他動詞〈紙布顔など〉にしわを寄せる ; …を縮らせる (up ).自動詞 1 しわが寄る ; 縮れる (up ).2 〈紙などが〉カサカサと音を立てる .名詞 C 1 〖通例単数形で〗(肌布紙などにできる )しわ .2 カサカサという音 .

crinkly

crin kly /krɪ́ŋkli /形容詞〖通例名詞の前で〗しわの寄った ; (硬くて )縮れた〈髪の毛〉; カサカサと音のする .

crinoline

crin o line /krɪ́n (ə )lɪn /名詞 C クリノリン〘スカートをふくらませるための丸い型枠のペチコート〙; U (クリノリンや帽子などに用いる )かたい生地 .