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English verb: cringe | |||
| 1. | cringe (motion) draw back, as with fear or pain | ||
| Samples | She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf. | ||
| Synonyms | flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | retract, shrink back | ||
| 2. | cringe (motion) show submission or fear | ||
| Synonyms | cower, crawl, creep, fawn, grovel | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bend, flex | ||
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