verb (used without object) · to shrink back, bend, or crouch, especially in fear, pain, or servility; cower: They cringed and bowed before the king She cringed
verb (used without object) · to shrink back, bend, or crouch, especially in fear, pain, or servility; cower: They cringed and bowed before the king She cringed
verb (used without object) · to shrink back, bend, or crouch, especially in fear, pain, or servility; cower: They cringed and bowed before the king She cringed