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Cringe I Bre /Krɪndʒ/Name /Krɪndʒ Verb 1 [Intransitive] To Move Back And/Or

Front cringe
Back BrE /krɪndʒ/NAmE /krɪndʒ/

verb

1 [intransitive] to move back and/or away from sb because you are afraid cowera child cringing in terror

2 [intransitive] to feel very embarrassed and uncomfortable about sthI cringe when I think of the poems I wrote then. She felt herself cringe with embarrassment at the memory.

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