CringeCRINGE, verb transitive [G.] Properly, to shrink; to contract; to draw together; a popular use of the word. [Vulgarly, scringe.]You see him cringe his face.CRINGE, verb intransitive To bow; to bend with servility; to fawn; to make court by mean compliances.Flatterers are always bowing and cringing.CRINGE, noun A bow; servile civility.