Vocabulary Word
Word: cringe
Definition: shrink back as if in fear; cower
Definition: shrink back as if in fear; cower
Sentences Containing 'cringe'
"It is very well to cringe and crawl now, but you thought little enough of this poor Horner in the dock for a crime of which he knew nothing."
More Vocab Words
::: masquerade - wear a mask or disguise; pretend; N: costume party or ball at which masks are worn; pretense; disguise::: intelligentsia - intellectuals; members of the educated elite (often used derogatorily)
::: comport - bear one's self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment
::: nonentity - person of no importance; nonexistence
::: confine - shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits; N. confinement
::: promontory - headland
::: pedigree - ancestry; lineage
::: smirk - conceited smile; offensively self-satisfied smile (often at someone else's misfortune); V.
::: turpitude - depravity; baseness; Ex. moral turpitude
::: macabre - gruesome; grisly; ghastly; CF. of death
