Thesaurus / cringe
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Feldstein and Owen bring what I assume is an intended blend of romantic foolhardiness, blind horniness and all-around cringe to their banter scenes, and, well, they sure nail that latter quality.
‘IMPEACHMENT: AMERICAN CRIME STORY’ SHOWS THERE ARE LIMITS TO HOW MUCH WE CAN (OR SHOULD) REHAB ’90S TABLOID FIGURESINKOO KANGSEPTEMBER 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTNo matter what Tokyo pulled off Friday, however, the response was going to be a collective cringe.
THE TOKYO OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY WAS DEPRESSING AS HELLKEVIN FALLONJULY 23, 2021THE DAILY BEASTWith 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 SOCIETYSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO CRINGE
- apple-polishing
- begging
- begging for mercy
- beseeching
- blandishing
- bootlicking
- bow and scrape
- brown-nosing
- buttering up
- catering to
- courting
- cowering
- crawling
- creeping
- cringing
- crouching
- eating crow
- eating dirt
- eating humble pie
- falling all over
- fawning
- flattering
- humble oneself
- humoring
- imploring
- kissing one's feet
- kneeling
- kowtowing
- making much of
- making up to
- pampering
- playing up to
- prostrating
- revering
- snivelling
- soft-soaping
- stooping
- sucking up to
- truckling
- wheedling
- yeing
- backfiring
- balking
- blanching
- blenching
- blinking
- caroming
- cringing
- demurring
- dodging
- drawing back
- ducking
- faltering
- flinching
- hesitating
- jerking
- kicking
- pulling back
- quailing
- quaking
- reacting
- rebounding
- reeling
- resiling
- shaking
- shirking
- shrinking
- shuddering
- shying away
- springing
- starting
- stepping back
- sticking
- stickling
- swerving
- trembling
- turning away
- wavering
- wincing
- withdrawing
- backfires
- balks
- blanches
- blenches
- blinks
- caroms
- cringes
- demurs
- dodges
- draws back
- ducks
- falters
- flinches
- hesitates
- jerks
- kicks
- pulls back
- quails
- quakes
- reacts
- rebounds
- reels
- resiles
- shakes
- shies away
- shirks
- shrinks
- shudders
- springs
- starts
- steps back
- stickles
- sticks
- swerves
- trembles
- turns away
- wavers
- winces
- withdraws
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