Antonyms for cringed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : krinj

Phonetic Transcription : krɪndʒ

Definition of cringed

Origin : early 13c., from causative of Old English cringan "give way, fall (in battle), become bent," from Proto-Germanic *krank- "bend, curl up" (cf. Old Norse kringr, Dutch kring, German Kring "circle, ring"). Related: Cringed; cringing. As a noun from 1590s.

verb flinch, recoil from danger

Example sentences :

Before the look of loathing in his handsome face Gonzaga cringed.
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

I, in the background, noted their black looks at me even as they cringed.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Whenever she passed him she cringed as if expectant of a blow.
Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

She cringed at the thought, for what was she that a man should die in her service?
Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick

And there was a time when Europe cringed at the clank of the Prussian sword!
Extract from : « The Green Rust » by Edgar Wallace

If we brushed close to one, he cringed like a dog who fears a kick.
Extract from : « Trapped in 'Black Russia' » by Ruth Pierce

She cringed and fell to her knees, screaming and seizing his stirrup.
Extract from : « Lorraine » by Robert W. Chambers

Now he cringed at the thought of venturing into that flood again.
Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine

At his left, Miss Abercrombie cringed deeper into her chair at the broadside.
Extract from : « A Filbert Is a Nut » by Rick Raphael

I cringed to her moans; I shook under the blow that stifled them.
Extract from : « The Forsaken Inn » by Anna Katharine Green

Synonyms for cringed

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