English-Thai Dictionary

cringe

VI นอบน้อม  nob-nom

 

cringe

VI หดกลับ อย่างเร็ว  flinch quail hod-kab-yang-rel

 

cringe before

PHRV ทำท่า ประจบประแจง ต่อ (ด้วย ความกลัว หรือ อยากได้ บางสิ่ง  tam-ta-pra-job-pra-jaeng-tor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRINGE

v.t.[G.] Properly, to shrink; to contract; to draw together; a popular use of the word. [Vulgarly, scringe. ] You see him cringe his face.

 

CRINGE

v.i.To bow; to bend with servility; to fawn; to make court by mean compliances. Flatterers are always bowing and cringing.

 

CRINGE

n.A bow; servile civility.

 

CRINGER

n.One who cringes, or bows and flatters with servility.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CRINGE

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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 .