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69 entries under cringe topic. ×
| stickle(verb, withdraw, retreat, pause, dodge) | |
| tremble(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| turn away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) | |
| wince(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| apple-polish(verb, tremble, shrink) | |
| avoid(verb, start, return, retreat, recoil) | |
| boggle(verb, pause, hesitate, recoil, falter) | |
| bootlick(verb, tremble, shrink) | |
| brownnose(verb, tremble, shrink) | |
| crouch(verb, start, recoil, tremble, shrink) | |
| elude(start, retreat, recoil, recede) | |
| escape(start, retreat, recoil, recede) | |
| eschew(start, recoil) | |
| evade(start, retreat, recoil, recede) | |
| fawn(verb, tremble, shrink) | |
| flee(start, recoil) | |
| grovel(verb, recoil, tremble, shrink) | |
| hide(verb, return, retreat, recoil, recede) | |
| honey(verb, tremble, shrink) | |
| huddle(verb, recoil, flinch) |
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