cringe

Object

• bit: Be warned this will make you cringe just a bit!
• time: I cringe every time I hear the name Arthur Daniels Midland.

Converse of object

• make: Reading or listening to the rhetoric of the ' 60s Panthers can make a visitor cringe.

Preposition: at

• thought: Any business will cringe at the thought of what the banks put them.. .
• idea: For Fun... While you may cringe at the idea of Roller Discos they make for a surprisingly fun first date.

Adjective modifier

• cultural: Critics have blamed its omission on a " cultural cringe " about Scots.
• most: Ah yes ' Eating It Up ' quite simply the most cringe making program ever.
• Scottish: Associated with this is self-contempt, the well-known Scottish cringe.

Modifies a noun

• factor: Traditional does not need to mean the old-fashioned cringe factor.

Modifying Another Word

• still: Another lot will listen but still cringe from political risks.
• just: I mean horrendous stuff which makes me cringe just thinking about.
• now: I cringe even now, remembering my response, " I know that.
• back: Just as the two soldiers are about to follow, the sudden sounds of machine-gun fire and bursting shrapnel cause them to cringe back.
• n't: Do n't cringe, I can assure you that you're going to be more than pleased with the finished project.
• slightly: Today's is: Whistle Down The Wind This is a show which made me cringe slightly with some of its lyrics.

Adjective complement

• worthy: To cut to the chase, six contestants have been chosen over hundreds of desperate, cringe worthy, stomach turning hopefuls.

Used with why or when

• whenever: It was a nightmare and we'd cringe whenever the recruits came onto the jetty.

Preposition: in

• horror: OK - cringe in horror BUT: We have to ' work out our own salvation ' .

Preposition: with

• embarrassment: Is there a particular style that makes you cringe with embarrassment?

Noun used with modifier

• I: In fact reading back on some of my work I cringe at what I once thought was up there with Chekhov at least.