Cower, wince, flinch, quail, recoil, blench, tremble,quiver, quake or shake in one's boots or shoes, shrink: Thatdirty little coward cringed even when they called his name.
Defer, kowtow, grovel, crawl, fawn, boot-lick, US apple-polish;Slang kiss someone's arse or US and Canadian ass, Taboo slangbrown-nose: The man cringed before the magistrate, his eyesdowncast, tugging his forelock.
Oxford
V. & n.
V.intr.
Shrink back in fear or apprehension;cower.
(often foll. by to) behave obsequiously.
N. the actor an instance of cringing.
Cringer n. [ME crenge, crenche,OE cringan, crincan: see CRANK(1)]
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