Cringe in spanish

Encogerse

pronunciation: enkoʊxeɹ̩se part of speech: verb
In gestures

cringe1 = encogerse, encogerse de miedo, acobardarse, sentir náuseas, horrorizar, dar horror, encogerse de terror. 

Example: That Dennis! When I think of him, I... well ... to put it frankly, cringe.

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» cringe-inducing = horripilante, bochornoso, vergonzoso.

Example: The staff Christmas Party is a hot bed of mostly cringe-inducing, and sometimes dismissible, behaviour.

» cringe-making = horripilante, bochornoso, vergonzoso.

Example: It is cringe-making to go into a bookshop and ask the sales assistant for pornography.

» cringe with + embarrassment = morirse de vergüenza.

Example: What are the books that you loved when you were younger, but now make you cringe with embarrassment?.

» cringe with + fear = encogerse de miedo, encogerse de terror.

Example: With his eerie green eyes and ferocious and deadly fangs and claws you just cringe with fear every time the big cat comes on the screen.

» cringeworthy = horripilante, bochornoso, vergonzoso. 

Example: The result is a pastiche of the cringeworthy, the harrowing and the hillarious.

» make + Nombre + cringe = aterrar, dar terror, horrorizar, dar horror.

Example: She said that her ex took so much out of her that she's not ready for a boyfriend; the thought of a relationship makes her cringe.

cringe2 = comportarse servilmente, arrastrarse, humillarse. 

Example: It made him want to spit on himself, the way he cringed before the fat man.

Cringe synonyms

creep in spanish: arrastrarse, pronunciation: krip part of speech: noun, verb shrink in spanish: encogimiento, pronunciation: ʃrɪŋk part of speech: verb fawn in spanish: adular, pronunciation: fɔn part of speech: noun crawl in spanish: gatear, pronunciation: krɔl part of speech: verb, noun funk in spanish: canguelo, pronunciation: fʌŋk part of speech: noun flinch in spanish: retroceder, pronunciation: flɪntʃ part of speech: verb quail in spanish: codorniz, pronunciation: kweɪl part of speech: noun recoil in spanish: retroceso, pronunciation: rikɔɪl part of speech: noun, verb wince in spanish: contraerse de dolor, pronunciation: wɪns part of speech: verb, noun cower in spanish: acobardarse, pronunciation: kaʊɜr part of speech: verb grovel in spanish: arrastrarse, pronunciation: grɑvəl part of speech: verb squinch in spanish: squinch, pronunciation: skwɪntʃ part of speech: noun, verb
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