Толковый словарь английского языка - cringe
Cringe
cringe
I. intransitive verb (~d; cringing) Etymology: Middle English crengen; akin to Old English cringan to yield, Middle High German krank weak Date: 13th century to draw in or contract one's muscles involuntarily (as from cold or pain), to shrink in fear or servility, to behave in an excessively humble or servile way, to recoil in distaste , see: fawn ~r noun II. noun Date: 1597 a cringing act
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v. & n. --v.intr. 1 shrink back in fear or apprehension; cower. 2 (often foll. by to) behave obsequiously. --n. the act or an instance of cringing. Derivatives cringer n. Etymology: ME crenge, crenche, OE cringan, crincan: see CRANK(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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