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cringe

/krɪn(d)ʒ/

US pronunciation
American sound/krɪn(d)ʒ/
cringe
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

US voice -> cringe

Myanmar meaning

(v) ကြောက်ရွံ့သဖြင့် တွန့်ဆုတ်သည်။အထက်လူကြီးအရှေ့မှောက်တွင် ခယဝယ လုပ်သည်။

Full entry

cringe /krÇndʒ/ v

၁။ ~ (at sth) ကြောက်ရွံ့တွန့်ဆုတ်သည်။
a child cringing in terror ❍ The dog cringed at the sight of the whip. ❍ (fig ) I cringe with embarrassment (ie feel very embarrassed) when I reread those first stories I wrote.
၂။ ~ (to/ before sb) (derog ) ကပ်ဖားရပ်ဖားလုပ်သည်။
She's always cringing to the boss.

More examples
  • cringe /krÇndʒ/ v ၁။ ~ (at sth) ကြောက်ရွံ့တွန့်ဆုတ်သည်။ a child cringing in terror
  • The dog cringed at the sight of the whip.
  • ( fig ) I cringe with embarrassment (ie feel very embarrassed) when I reread those first stories I wrote. ၂။ ~ (to/ before sb) ( derog ) ကပ်ဖားရပ်ဖားလုပ်သည်။ She's always cringing to the boss.
Synonyms
recoil, wince, flinch, shrink, shy away, cower, blench, blush, crawl, crouch, dodge, draw back, duck, eat dirt, grovel, jump, kneel, quail, quiver, shy, squirm, start, stoop, suffer embarrassment, tremble
Antonyms
come forward, face, meet, stretch
Cross references
recoilwinceflinchshrinkshy awaycowerblenchblushcrawlcrouchdodgedraw backduckeat dirtgroveljumpkneelquailquivershysquirmstartstoopsuffer embarrassmenttremblecome forwardfacemeet
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