cringing

1. 1.

   totally submissive

   Synonymsgrovelinggrovellingwormlikewormy

   Similarsubmissive

Other forms of cringing

comparative

cringinger·

superlative

cringingest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cringing

What does cringing mean?

cringing means "totally submissive".

How many syllables are in cringing?

cringing has 2 syllables: crin-ging. The stress falls on "crin". In IPA it is /ˈkɹɪndʒɪŋ/.

What is another word for cringing?

Close synonyms include groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cringing a common word?

cringing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.