(intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.

(countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking). / (countable, figuratively) An act or disposition of servile obeisance.

(slang) Inducing awkwardness or embarrassment; cringemaking, cringeworthy, cringy.

plural of cringe

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cringe

simple past tense and past participle of cringe

Tending to make one cringe; embarrassing or frightening. / Tending to cringe.

present participle of cringe

Act of one who cringes.

plural of cringing