Definition of Cringing

1. Adjective. Totally submissive.

Exact synonyms: Groveling, Grovelling, Wormlike, Wormy
Similar to: Submissive

Definition of Cringing

1. Verb. (present participle of cringe) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cringing

1. cringe [v] - See also: cringe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cringing

crincum-crancums
crine
crined
crines
crinet
crinets
cringe
cringed
cringeling
cringelings
cringemaking
cringer
cringers
cringes
cringeworthy
cringing (current term)
cringingly
cringingness
cringle
cringles
cringy
crinicultural
criniere
crinieres
crinigerous
crinin
crining
crinion
crinis
crinite

Literary usage of Cringing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... as one " who had the respect of rectors, the veneration of vicars, the admiration of archdeacons, and the cringing courtesy of curates. ..."

2. Paris in 1789-94: Farewell Letters of Victims of the Guillotine by John Goldworth Alger (1902)
"... CHAPTER IX PRISON DOCUMENTS Fouquier Tinville—The Revolutionary Tribunal—Letters, cringing and defiant—Desmoulins—Lavoisier—Princess ..."

3. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1879)
"There is the military parasite, haunting the Horse Guards, and cringing after good civil or military posts, to the exclusion of men who have served their ..."

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