·noun Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.
II. Cringe ·vt To Contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to Distort.
III. Cringe ·vt To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to Wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to Fawn.