Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cringe
Participle: cringed
Gerund: cringing
Indicative
Present
| I | cringe |
| you | cringe |
| he;she;it | cringes |
| we | cringe |
| you | cringe |
| they | cringe |
Perfect
| I | have cringed |
| you | have cringed |
| he;she;it | has cringed |
| we | have cringed |
| you | have cringed |
| they | have cringed |
Past
| I | cringed |
| you | cringed |
| he;she;it | cringed |
| we | cringed |
| you | cringed |
| they | cringed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cringed |
| you | had cringed |
| he;she;it | had cringed |
| we | had cringed |
| you | had cringed |
| they | had cringed |
Future
| I | will cringe |
| you | will cringe |
| he;she;it | will cringe |
| we | will cringe |
| you | will cringe |
| they | will cringe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cringed |
| you | will have cringed |
| he;she;it | will have cringed |
| we | will have cringed |
| you | will have cringed |
| they | will have cringed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cringe |
| you | cringe |
| he;she;it | cringe |
| we | cringe |
| you | cringe |
| they | cringe |
Perfect
| I | have cringed |
| you | have cringed |
| he;she;it | have cringed |
| we | have cringed |
| you | have cringed |
| they | have cringed |
Imperfect
| I | cringed |
| you | cringed |
| he;she;it | cringed |
| we | cringed |
| you | cringed |
| they | cringed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cringed |
| you | had cringed |
| he;she;it | had cringed |
| we | had cringed |
| you | had cringed |
| they | had cringed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cringe |
| you | would cringe |
| he;she;it | would cringe |
| we | would cringe |
| you | would cringe |
| they | would cringe |
Perfect
| I | would have cringed |
| you | would have cringed |
| he;she;it | would have cringed |
| we | would have cringed |
| you | would have cringed |
| they | would have cringed |
Imperative
| you | cringe |
| we | Let's cringe |
| you | cringe |
Verbs conjugated like 'cringe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cringe'
cringle,
fringe,
scringe,
accinge,
becringe,
bridge,
brine,
bring,
change,
chine,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The verb is derived from Middle English crengen (“to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”) [and other forms], from Old English *crenġan, *crenċġan, *crenċan (“to cause to fall or turn”) from Proto-Germanic *krangijaną (“to cause to fall; to cause to turn”), causative of Proto-Germanic *kringaną, *krinkaną (“to fall; to turn; to yield”) (> Old English crin(c)gan (“to yield; to cringe; to fall; to die, perish”)), from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”)). The causative suffix is from *-janą (suffix forming causatives with the sense ‘to cause to do (the action of the verb)’ from strong verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish krænge (“to turn inside out, evert”), Dutch krengen (“to careen, veer”) and Dutch kring (“circle”), Scots crenge, creenge, creinge, crienge (“to cringe; to shrug”), Swedish kränga (“to careen; to heel, lurch; to toss”), and West Frisian kringe (“to pinch; to poke; to push; to insist, urge”); and is a doublet of crinkle.
2. The noun and adjective are derived from the verb via zero derivation. See: Middle English '
crengen', Proto-Germanic '
*krangijaną', Proto-Germanic '
*kringaną', Danish '
krænge', Dutch '
krengen', Swedish '
kränga'.
Verbs referencing "cringe"
German, old spelling
cringen.
Sample Sentences
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The sensation produced by this news was immediate. Many of the men sprang forward, officiously, to offer their services, either from the hope of the reward, or from that cringing subserviency which is one of the most baleful effects of slavery. Some ran one way, and some another. Some were for getting flambeaux of pine-knots. Some were uncoupling the dogs, whose hoarse, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)