Cringe vs. Cringey

Cringenoun

A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.

Cringenoun

(dialect) A crick.

Cringenoun

An embarrassing event, item or behaviour which causes an onlooker to cringe.

Cringeverb

To bow or crouch in servility.

Cringeverb

(intransitive) To shrink, cower, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.

Cringeverb

To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.

Cringeverb

To draw one's 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.

Cringeverb

To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.

Cringenoun

Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.

Cringeverb

draw back, as with fear or pain;

Cringeverb

show submission or fear