Thesaurus / cringe
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With Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld co-creator and “social assassin” Larry David has brought us more than two decades’ worth of cringe comedy based on his privileged life.
THE NEW CLASS OF COMFORT TV: 16 SHOWS TO WATCH WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF FRIENDS AND THE OFFICEELIANA DOCKTERMANFEBRUARY 10, 2021TIMEWe live in a golden age of cringe, an art form defined, at least in part, by its grotesquely earnest monuments to politicians.
WE LIVE IN A GOLDEN AGE OF CRINGESONNY BUNCHJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe same amount of pride which makes a man treat haughtily his inferiors, makes him cringe servilely to those above him.
THE 'CHARACTERS' OF JEAN DE LA BRUYREJEAN DE LA BRUYREAnd then, that a thought should knock me prone, and make me cringe—from the mere fact of its lowness and meanness!
LOVE'S PILGRIMAGEUPTON SINCLAIRThe captives were pale and seemed to cringe from the pale interrogation light.
THE LINKALAN EDWARD NOURSEMy grand signior, Vouchsafe a beso las manos, and a cringe Of the last edition.
THE PLAYS OF PHILIP MASSINGERPHILIP MASSINGERBeside a falsify may spoil his cringe, Or making of a leg, in which consists Much of his Court-perfection.
BEAUMONT & FLETCHER'S WORKS (8 OF 10)FRANCIS BEAUMONTThe clergy at the north cringe beneath the corrupting influence of slavery, and their moral courage is borne down by it.
THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER, PART 3 OF 4AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETYLuellas expansive bravery beneath the row of biscuit puffs seemed to shrink and cringe as she took in the thought.
AUNT CRETE'S EMANCIPATIONGRACE LIVINGSTON HILLOsgood had permitted him to talk on in this fashion, although again and again Shultzs words made Ned cringe inwardly.
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WORDS RELATED TO CRINGE
- adjourning
- blocking
- delaying
- detaining
- extending
- giving rain check
- hanging fire
- hindering
- holding up
- impeding
- intermiting
- lengthening
- lying over
- obstructing
- postponing
- procrastinating
- prolonging
- proroguing
- protracting
- putting on back burner
- putting on hold
- putting on ice
- remitting
- retarding
- setting aside
- shelving
- slowing
- stalling
- staying
- suspending
- tabling
- waiving
- abase
- apple-polish
- be at beck and call
- be obsequious
- be servile
- blandish
- bow
- brownnose
- buddy up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- cave in to
- cotton
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- curry favor
- debase
- defer
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- flatter
- grovel
- honey up
- invite
- jolly
- kneel
- kowtow
- lay it on
- lick boots
- make up to
- massage
- oil
- pander
- pay court
- play up to
- scrape
- slaver
- snow
- stoop
- stroke
- submit
- toady
- truckle
- woo
- yield
- abased
- apple-polished
- blandished
- bowed
- brownnosed
- buddy up
- buttered up
- cajoled
- catered to
- caved in to
- cottoned
- courted
- cowered
- crawled
- crept
- cringed
- crouched
- curried favor
- debased
- deferred
- fell all over
- fell on one's knees
- flattered
- grovelled
- honey up
- invited
- jollied
- knelt
- kowtowed
- lay it on
- lick boots
- made up to
- massaged
- oiled
- paid court
- pandered
- played up to
- scraped
- slavered
- snowed
- stooped
- stroked
- submitted
- toadied
- truckled
- was at beck and called
- was obsequious
- was servile
- wooed
- yielded
- apple-polish
- beg
- beg for mercy
- beseech
- blandish
- bootlick
- bow and scrape
- brown-nose
- butter up
- cater to
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- eat crow
- eat dirt
- eat humble pie
- fall all over
- fawn
- flatter
- humble oneself
- humor
- implore
- kiss one's feet
- kneel
- kowtow
- make much of
- make up to
- pamper
- play up to
- prostrate
- revere
- snivel
- soft-soap
- stoop
- suck up to
- truckle
- wheedle
- yes
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