cringe

Verbs

(v) draw back, as with fear or pain
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
flinch, funk, quail, recoil, wince, shrink, squinch,
(v) show submission or fear fawn, grovel, cower, crawl, creep,

Synonyms

flinch funk quail recoil wince shrink squinch fawn grovel cower crawl creep

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