Cringes

/ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒɪz/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters

Definition of Cringes

noun

A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.
"He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk."
A servile obeisance.
A crick.
An embarrassing event or situation which causes an onlooker to cringe.
"There was so much cringe in that episode!"
Someone or something that is cringy.
"That video was full of cringe."

verb

To shrink, cower, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.
"He cringed as the bird collided with the window."
To bow or crouch in servility.
To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.

Anagrams of Cringes

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "cringes":

6-LETTER WORDS

cering cringe reigns renigs resign sering signer singer

5-LETTER WORDS

cines cires cries genic girns grins nicer reign reins renig resin rices rings rinse risen+6 more

4-LETTER WORDS

cigs cine cire cris egis engs ergs erns gens gien gies gins girn grin ices+6 more

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "cringes" and rearranging:

+lclingers cringles

+ocoreigns cosigner

+urecusing rescuing securing

Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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