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English word:
cringe
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cringe in WordNet English dictionary
verb
show submission or fear
fawn
crawl
creep
cringe
cower
grovel
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
flinch
squinch
funk
cringe
shrink
wince
recoil
quail
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