Antonyms for cringe
krɪndʒcringe

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. cringe

   Antonyms:
   face, confront, defy, dare

   Synonyms:
   crouch, bend, bow, fawn, grabble, grub

Matched Categories

1. • Bend
   • Move

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quailverb

   draw back, as with fear or pain

   "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

   Synonyms:
   rebound, cower, bound, shrivel up, reverberate, quail, shrink, flinch, funk, shrivel, grovel, spring, ricochet, kick back, take a hop, wither, backfire, bounce, backlash, resile, reduce, wince, kick, recoil, squinch, creep, crawl, squint, contract, fawn

2. fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovelverb

   show submission or fear

   Synonyms:
   cower, sneak, recoil, bootlick, fawn, quail, flinch, funk, crawl, grovel, huddle, wince, truckle, kowtow, kotow, pussyfoot, squinch, creep, mouse, suck up, toady, shrink

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1. cringeverb

   Synonyms:
   truckle, fawn, crouch

How to use cringe in a sentence?

1. Joacim Hernandez:

   There are some things Joacim Hernandez says that you have to cringe.

2. Peter Farrelly:

   True. I was Peter Farrelly, i did this decades ago and I thought I was being funny and the truth is I'm embarrassed and it makes me cringe now. I'm deeply sorry.

3. Kristin Cavallari:

   I definitely believe in marriage, and I think that I will, eventually. But, the thought of getting married right now, it's like, 'Oh, my God.' It makes me cringe.

4. John Koenig:

   One day you’ll remember this moment, and it’ll mean something very different. Maybe you’ll cringe and laugh, or brim with pride, aching to return. Or notice some detail hidden in the scene, a future landmark making its first appearance or discreetly taking its final bow.

5. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

   I will never embarrass you, i will never do anything that makes you cringe and say ... 'I can't believe that's who we picked.'.

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