noun · countable / uncountable · rare

cringe

cringe · cringes

содрогание

Ducken, Schaudern, Erschaudern, Zusammenzucken

A gesture or posture of cringingA gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).

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/ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒ/

» I cringe just thinking about it.

Я съеживаюсь только от одной мысли об этом. — Kar1na

Мене коробить лише від однієї думки про це. — deniko

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Meaning

4 senses

(countable)A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.
Ducken, Erschaudern, Schaudern
содроганиеsodroganije
A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.
(countable, figuratively)An act or disposition of servile obeisance.
(UK, countable, dialectal)A crick (“painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body”).
(derogatory, slang, uncountable)Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.
Bro... you just posted cringe
There was so much cringe in that episode!
Fremdscham
кринжkrinž, кукожkukož
крінжkrinž

Examples

43 sentences

I cringe just thinking about it.
Мене коробить лише від однієї думки про це. — deniko
ruЯ съеживаюсь только от одной мысли об этом. — Kar1na
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I cringe every time I think about Tom.
ruЯ испытываю отвращение каждый раз, когда я думаю о Томе. — Kar1na
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Tom cringed when he saw Mary walk into the room.
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Tom cringed a little.
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Tom cringed in pain.
ruТом съёжился от боли. — odexed
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

secondhand embarrassment:

Русский

By meaning 2

gesture or posture of cringing:

secondhand embarrassment:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

gesture or posture of cringing:

secondhand embarrassment:

Origin

The verb is derived from Middle English crengen (“to bend in a haughty manner; to condesce

The verb is derived from Middle English crengen (“to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”) [and other forms], from Old English *crenġan, *crenċġan, *crenċan (“to cause to fall or turn”) from Proto-Germanic *krangijaną (“to cause to fall; to cause to turn”), causative of Proto-Germanic *kringaną, *krinkaną (“to fall; to turn; to yield”) (> Old English crin(c)gan (“to yield; to cringe; to fall; to die, perish”)), from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”)). The causative suffix is from *-janą (suffix forming causatives with the sense ‘to cause to do (the action of the verb)’ from strong verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish krænge (“to turn inside out, evert”), Dutch krengen (“to careen, veer”) and Dutch kring (“circle”), Scots crenge, creenge, creinge, crienge (“to cringe; to shrug”), Swedish kränga (“to careen; to heel, lurch; to toss”), and West Frisian kringe (“to pinch; to poke; to push; to insist, urge”); and is a doublet of crinkle.

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