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cringe
(encz) | cringe,krčit se v: cryptonomicon |
cringe
(encz) | cringe,zděsit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Cringe
(gcide) | Cringe \Cringe\ (kr[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cringed
(kr[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cringing.] [As. crincgan,
cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.]
To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend
or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence, to make court
in a degrading manner; to fawn.
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When they were come up to the place where the lions
were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe
behind, for they were afraid of the lions. --Bunyan.
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Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou
Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored
Heaven's awful monarch? --Milton.
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Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing.
--Arbuthnot.
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Cringe
(gcide) | Cringe \Cringe\, v. t.
To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle;
to distort. [Obs.]
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Till like a boy you see him cringe his face,
And whine aloud for mercy. --Shak.
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Cringe
(gcide) | Cringe \Cringe\, n.
Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear
or servility. "With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious."
--Cowper.
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cringe
(wn) | cringe
v 1: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they
showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: flinch,
squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil,
quail]
2: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep,
cringe, cower, grovel] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
cringe
(encz) | cringe,krčit se v: cryptonomiconcringe,zděsit v: Zdeněk Brož |
cringed
(encz) | cringed,zděsil se Zdeněk Brož |
Cringed
(gcide) | Cringe \Cringe\ (kr[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cringed
(kr[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cringing.] [As. crincgan,
cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.]
To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend
or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence, to make court
in a degrading manner; to fawn.
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When they were come up to the place where the lions
were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe
behind, for they were afraid of the lions. --Bunyan.
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Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou
Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored
Heaven's awful monarch? --Milton.
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Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing.
--Arbuthnot.
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Cringeling
(gcide) | Cringeling \Cringe"ling\, n.
One who cringes meanly; a fawner.
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Cringer
(gcide) | Cringer \Crin"ger\ (kr?n"j?r), n.
One who cringes.
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Scringe
(gcide) | Scringe \Scringe\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scringed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Scringing.] [Cf. Cringe.]
To cringe. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
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Scringed
(gcide) | Scringe \Scringe\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scringed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Scringing.] [Cf. Cringe.]
To cringe. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
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cringe
(wn) | cringe
v 1: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they
showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: flinch,
squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil,
quail]
2: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep,
cringe, cower, grovel] |
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