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Meaning of "cringingly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CRINGINGLY

cringingly  [ˈkrɪndʒɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRINGINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cringingly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES CRINGINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cringingly in the English dictionary

The definition of cringingly in the dictionary is in a cringing manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRINGINGLY


begrudgingly
bɪˈɡrʌdʒɪŋlɪ
challengingly
ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋlɪ
damagingly
ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋlɪ
discouragingly
dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋlɪ
disobligingly
ˌdɪsəˈblaɪdʒɪŋlɪ
disparagingly
dɪˈspærɪdʒɪŋlɪ
divergingly
daɪˈvɜːdʒɪŋlɪ
drudgingly
ˈdrʌdʒɪŋlɪ
encouragingly
ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋlɪ
engagingly
ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋlɪ
grudgingly
ˈɡrʌdʒɪŋlɪ
judgingly
ˈdʒʌdʒɪŋlɪ
loungingly
ˈlaʊndʒɪŋlɪ
obligingly
əˈblaɪdʒɪŋlɪ
ragingly
ˈreɪdʒɪŋlɪ
revengingly
rɪˈvɛndʒɪŋlɪ
swingeingly
ˈswɪndʒɪŋlɪ
unchangingly
ˌʌnˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋlɪ
ungrudgingly
ʌnˈɡrʌdʒɪŋlɪ
urgingly
ˈɜːdʒɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRINGINGLY

crinal
crinate
crine
cringe
cringe-making
cringeling
cringer
cringeworthy
cringing
cringle
crinicultural
crinigerous
crinite
crinkle
crinkle-cut
crinkled
crinkleroot
crinklies
crinkly
crinkum-crankum

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRINGINGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
correspondingly
exceedingly
increasingly
interestingly
irritatingly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
overwhelmingly
seemingly
shockingly
sickeningly
singly
strikingly
strongly
stunningly
surprisingly
willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of cringingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cringingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRINGINGLY

Find out the translation of cringingly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cringingly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cringingly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cringingly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cringingly
570 millions of speakers

English

cringingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cringingly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cringingly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подобострастно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cringingly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cringingly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cringingly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungguh-sungguh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cringingly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cringingly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cringingly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cringingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cringingly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cringingly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Cringingly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cringingly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cringingly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cringingly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

улесливо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cringingly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cringingly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cringingly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cringingly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cringingly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cringingly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRINGINGLY»

The term «cringingly» is used very little and occupies the 160.633 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRINGINGLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cringingly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cringingly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cringingly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRINGINGLY»

Discover the use of cringingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cringingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Oxford Dictionary of English
2[usu. as submodifier] informal so as to make one feel embarrassed or disgusted: their early performances were cringingly awkward. cringle 7noun Sailing a ring of rope containing a thimble, for another rope to pass through. – origin early 17th ...
Angus Stevenson, 2010
2
Saints' Herald
.Under this iron rule, every measure that emanated from his brain was servilely and cringingly carried by the thousands who had sold their birthright ; not because they inwardly approved the measure, but because those who were far sighted ...
3
Women of the Teutonic Nations
Rank was cringingly worshipped. s became of paramount importance in the eyes of the middle classes. Borne satirizes this title worship: "I dividethe Germans intotwo classes those who are Aulic Councillors, and thosewho would besoif they  ...
Hermann Schoenfeld, 1989
4
British Comedy Cinema
Here comedy lies in ambition-about-to-be-thwarted, ranging from getting to university to losing one's virginity in the most cringingly embarrassing ways possible. James McAvoy and Benedict Cumberbatch, not known as comedians, are superb ...
I.Q. Hunter, Laraine Porter, 2012
5
More Sawn-Off Tales
In More Sawn-off Tales David Gaffney creates a deliriously lonely, yet lovely universe where strangers hand you their watch and an estranged couple try to communicate through paint colour.
David Gaffney, 2013
6
The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, ...
Even though the lothario shtick was cringingly corny (rival magicians griped about his act's being to entertainment what Velveeta is to cheese), we'd still get all goosey when he came on the TV. Whatever anybody thought of him, during those ...
Adam Leith Gollner, 2013
7
The Devil Rides Outside
Her self-conviction exhausts us, but there's a grudging admiration for her nerve. Christianne cringingly serves the meal under the constant rebuke of her mistress. “Here, now,” she says to me after a while, “you haven't eaten nearly enough.
John Howard Griffin, 1952
8
The Lancet
Even MACLEOD, it will be recollected, sent, whiningly and cringingly, to the Editor of THE LAncn'r, protesting that he had ceased to be the hack of the booksellers in Paternoster Row. Even RODERICK MAcraon hastened to rid his pure ...
9
The Possessed
He instantly noticedall that,andof course realised it allat once; that is, realised that I knew who he was, that I had read him and revered him from a child, and that I was shy and looked at him cringingly. He smiled, nodded again, and walked ...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 2014
10
The Torrents of Spring
... bowed—some respectfully, others even cringingly. To one of them, a very handsome, fashionably dressed dark man, she called from a distance with the best parisian accent, 'Comte, vous savez, il ne faut pas venir me voir—ni aujourd' hui ni ...
Ivan Turgenev, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRINGINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cringingly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Album Review: Wolf Alice – My Love Is Cool
Not too miserable, but not cringingly hopeful either, Wolf Alice are striking a balance in songwriting.” Not merely content on penning anthem ... «Fortitude Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Film Review:
... Terminator and has prepared her for Reese's arrival thus becoming a father figure to her to the point that she cringingly calls him “Pops”. A lot ... «DIY Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Kubacki: Tax credit boosts economy; cost to state $0 By Ruth L …
The most recent story blared the cringingly misleading and erroneous headline: “Hollywood's gift from Illinois taxpayers - $200 million in film tax ... «ReelChicago, Jul 15»
4
Comedian Adam Buxton brings new show to Manchester …
McQueen's cringingly aggressive comedy tests the audience's levels of mortification to the max. While Demetriou and White - working here as ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
5
Susan J. Demas: Americans don't think 'liberal' is a dirty word …
If you listen to Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal and Donald Trump canonize Reagan -- they even cringingly claim he's the "greatest living president" ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
6
Review: 'Jackie & Ryan' Starring Katherine Heigl And Ben Barnes …
After a cringingly embarrassing intro speech on the line of “I don't know about you folks, but it really does feel like a hard time in the country ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
7
Review: Grin and bear 'Ted 2' hijinks
... cows for MacFarlane: Charlie Hebdo, Obamacare, Ferguson and Deflategate all get to be punchlines at some point, sometimes cringingly so, ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
8
Clumsy, bumbling — so what? Alexandra Petri's book celebrates you.
But Alexandra Petri, a Washington Post columnist, was — and continues to be — supremely, cringingly, legitimately weird. In her new collection ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
9
James Corden does Carpool Karaoke with Iggy Azalea
It's an eight-minute video that goes from cringingly awkward to cute to funny and ultimately leaves you feeling a little confused about your ... «SheKnows.com, Jun 15»
10
The Story of the New Millennium As Told Through Beyonce's …
The cringingly appropriated bindi placed between Beyoncé's brows–a fad in the late 1990s oft-attributed to Gwen Stefani–paired with a silver ... «Racked, Jun 15»

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