Cringe has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Noun
1
A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
Verb
1
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
3
To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
Adjective
1
Inducing awkwardness or embarrassment; cringemaking, cringeworthy, cringy.
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