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courtoisie
, reculer
, se rétracter
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Cringe
- (v. t.) To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
- (v. t.) To draw ones self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.
- (n.) Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.
Synonyms:
Cower, Crawl, Creep, Fawn, Flinch, Funk, Grovel, Quail, Recoil, Shrink, Squinch, Wince,
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• Cringeling
- (n.) One who cringes meanly; a fawner.
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