Cringing Synonyms

To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. truckling
  2. toadying
  3. slavering
  4. kowtowing
  5. grovelling
  6. fawning
  7. bootlicking
Lacking courage
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. servile
  2. crouching
  3. submissive
Totally submissive
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. groveling
  2. grovelling
  3. wormlike
  4. wormy

Words Related to Cringing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Cringing Sentence Examples

  • She felt his cold gaze and didn't face him, cringing instead.

  • The word is now generally used in the sense of a cringing flatterer of the great.

  • Descartes, in his correspondence with the Jesuits, had shown an almost cringing eagerness to have their powerful organization on his side.

  • Allen swallowed again, almost cringing as he licked his lips and turned desperate eyes on Lisa.

  • She floundered to a sitting position, then her feet, cringing as she struggled upright, the sting in her wounded knees bringing tears to her eyes.

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