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Definition of: cringe
(krinj) v.i. cringed, cring·ing
1. To bow in servility or cowardice; crouch.
2. To wince as with pain or fear.
3. To fawn.
—noun A servile crouching. [ME cringen, crengen: related to OE cringan yield, fall]
—cring′er noun
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