1
[ adjective ] shrinking or flinching in fear

Synonyms

cowering

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

The world exploded when Fascism challenged all concepts of peace and liberty , and the outraged , freedom loving peoples of the Capitalist and Socialist worlds combined forces to stamp Fascist tyranny into cringing submission .

Related terms

cowardly

2
[ adjective ] totally submissive

Synonyms

grovelling wormlike wormy groveling

Related terms

submissive

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Rhymes with

ranging disparaging foraging leveraging nanjing raging grudging judging edging avenging lounging changing imaging besieging pillaging arranging unchanging urging aging emerging hedging merging engaging challenging scavenging forging bulging indulging packaging purging dodging surging lodging paging discouraging encouraging messaging converging damaging ravaging emerging leveraging discouraging diverging encouraging staging managing obliging

Phonetic and Homophones

K R IH1 N JH IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

crying cringe crowing cringle Crangon Curington cronyism

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