0 past simple and past participle of cringe --
1 to suddenly move away from someone or something because you are frightened --
Nicola then went home and cringed as she was shown old videos of her as a little girl.
I cringed when he picked it.
After pursuing him for some time, viewers cringed when the two slept together, but knowing a relationship would be impossible, the two resolved to move on.
We cringed at the sight and were dumbfounded when, after several repetitions, his tongue had not even reddened.
When we have seen the adverts for those like-minded to the party in power, they have cringed more than any of us, that that has been the case.
In those days, they were weak; in those days they cringed.
