cringe is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
cringe cringes cringing cringed cringed
    (intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
    • He cringed as the bird collided with the window.
    (intransitive figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
    (intransitive) To bow or crouch in servility.

Noun (COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE)

Singular Plural
cringe cringes
    (countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
    • He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.
    (countable figuratively) An act or disposition of servile obeisance.
    (countable Britain dialectal) A crick.

Adjective (COMPARABLE)

Comparative Superlative
more cringe most cringe
    (slang derogatory) Inducing awkwardness or secondhand embarrassment; lame, uncool, cringy.
    • Antonym: based

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