- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|638
- Abbreviations|0
71 entries under cringe topic. ×
| elude(verb, start, shy, recoil) | |
| escape(verb, start, shy, recoil) | |
| eschew(verb, start, shy, recoil) | |
| evade(verb, start, shy, hesitate, recoil) | |
| fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, recoil) | |
| shun(verb, start, worry, avoid, shy) | |
| swerve(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| back away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) | |
| boggle(verb, recoil) | |
| flee(verb, start, shy, recoil) | |
| shirk(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| shrink back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) | |
| spring(verb, withdraw, twist, retreat, shy) | |
| tremble(verb, worry, withdraw, avoid, hide) | |
| fawn(verb, hide, recoil, tremble, shrink) | |
| hang back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, recoil, avoidance) | |
| pull back(verb, expression, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| demur(verb, withdraw, refuse, resist, retreat) | |
| grovel(verb, hide, recoil, tremble, shrink) | |
| jerk(noun, verb, withdraw, retreat, shy) |
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