cringe

/krinj/US // krɪndʒ //UK // (krɪndʒ) //

畏缩不前,畏缩,崩溃

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

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cringed, cring·ing.
- : to shrink back, bend, or crouch, especially in fear, pain, or servility; cower: She cringed in a corner and started praying. They cringed and bowed before the king.
- : to feel very embarrassed or awkward; react with discomfort: Some of us cringed at the speaker’s tactless comments.
- : to seek favor by acting in a servile way; fawn: He has never cringed to anyone—in fact, he can sometimes be a bully.

n.名词 noun

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- : an act or instance of shrinking back, bending, or crouching: The gunshots elicited a cringe of terror.
- : an instance of being very embarrassed, awkward, or uncomfortable: Some of his outfits are bizarre enough to induce a cringe or two.
- : servile or fawning deference.

verbflinch, recoil from danger

Forms: cringed, cringing

Synonyms

Feldstein and Owen bring what I assume is an intended blend of romantic foolhardiness, blind horniness and all-around cringe to their banter scenes, and, well, they sure nail that latter quality.
No matter what Tokyo pulled off Friday, however, the response was going to be a collective cringe.
With Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld co-creator and “social assassin” Larry David has brought us more than two decades’ worth of cringe comedy based on his privileged life.
We live in a golden age of cringe, an art form defined, at least in part, by its grotesquely earnest monuments to politicians.
I would cringe the same way you would if I felt [the depiction was problematic].
Maybe you managed not to cringe at his take on the Bard in Shakespeare in Love, making you a stronger person than most.
The other one is silly and perhaps because of that even more cringe-worthy.
In hindsight, it is one of the more cringe-inducing campaign promises Barack Obama ever made.
If the first 12 minutes of game footage released this month is any indication, the writing in Hardline is cringe-worthy at best.
The same amount of pride which makes a man treat haughtily his inferiors, makes him cringe servilely to those above him.
And then, that a thought should knock me prone, and make me —from the mere fact of its lowness and meanness!

/krinj/US // krɪndʒ //UK // (krɪndʒ) //

畏缩不前,畏缩,崩溃

v.无主动词 verb

1
cringed, cring·ing.
- : to shrink back, bend, or crouch, especially in fear, pain, or servility; cower: She cringed in a corner and started praying. They cringed and bowed before the king.
- : to feel very embarrassed or awkward; react with discomfort: Some of us cringed at the speaker’s tactless comments.
- : to seek favor by acting in a servile way; fawn: He has never cringed to anyone—in fact, he can sometimes be a bully.

n.名词 noun

1
- : an act or instance of shrinking back, bending, or crouching: The gunshots elicited a cringe of terror.
- : an instance of being very embarrassed, awkward, or uncomfortable: Some of his outfits are bizarre enough to induce a cringe or two.
- : servile or fawning deference.

verbflinch, recoil from danger

Forms: cringed, cringing

Synonyms

Feldstein and Owen bring what I assume is an intended blend of romantic foolhardiness, blind horniness and all-around cringe to their banter scenes, and, well, they sure nail that latter quality.
No matter what Tokyo pulled off Friday, however, the response was going to be a collective cringe.
With Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld co-creator and “social assassin” Larry David has brought us more than two decades’ worth of cringe comedy based on his privileged life.
We live in a golden age of cringe, an art form defined, at least in part, by its grotesquely earnest monuments to politicians.
I would cringe the same way you would if I felt [the depiction was problematic].
Maybe you managed not to cringe at his take on the Bard in Shakespeare in Love, making you a stronger person than most.
The other one is silly and perhaps because of that even more cringe-worthy.
In hindsight, it is one of the more cringe-inducing campaign promises Barack Obama ever made.
If the first 12 minutes of game footage released this month is any indication, the writing in Hardline is cringe-worthy at best.
The same amount of pride which makes a man treat haughtily his inferiors, makes him cringe servilely to those above him.
And then, that a thought should knock me prone, and make me —from the mere fact of its lowness and meanness!