Words and phrases that have a meaning related to cringe: (133 results)
Often used in the same context:
wince, squirm, shudder, snicker, salivate, giggle, laugh, groan, drool, scoff, sneer, wonder, blanch, scream, bristle, flinch, chuckle, snigger, yawn, weep, recoil, puke, grumble, horrify, hoot, detest, titter, chortle, tremble, retch, aghast, barf, moan, despise, squeal, exclaim, irk, gnash, blush, mutter, shriek, resent, adore, loathe, envy, agonize, swear, verklempt, smirks, wow, hyperventilate, mishear, seethe, annoys, politically incorrect, hyperbolize, flummoxes, marvel, bother, holler, cluck, whine, yell, yearn, appall, pshaw, bemoan, fret, disconcerting, nauseate, rankle, rhapsodize, stink, bawl, enrages, startle, flabbergast, shiver, naysay, irritating, blurt, baulk, discomfiting, obsess, chafe, squawk, ooh, relish, mocking, gawk, appal, dreading, hated, yuck, jarring, pontificating, abhor, distresses, gape, perplex, kvetch, orgasmed, ', hurt, anything, linger, vanish, witches, ache, alien, consciences, criminal, emigre, one, pickle, playgoers, sailor, serving, shepherds
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Also try:retract, shrink back
— Adjectives for cringe: cultural, colonial, slight, longer, white, aristocratic, rapacious, stomach, sour, scottish, young, more...
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