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cringe

To cringe is to draw back or to move your face or body in order to shrink from danger or fear. (verb)

An example of cringe is when you duck backwards because you are afraid you are going to get hit.

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See cringe in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See cringe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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