Synonyms of cringe

1 Syllable
quail, blench, jib, stoop, shy, start, shrink, crawl, flinch, quails, crouch, duck, kneel
2 Syllables
flinching, grovels, grovel, quailed, blenched, jibbed, recoil, dreaded, flinched, winced, dreading, flinches, fawned, tremble, wincing, jibbing, dodge, cowers, recoils, quailing, blenching, cower, quiver, kowtow, stickled, wince
3 Syllables
cowered, resile, resiling, cowering, kowtowing, groveled, recoiled, kowtowed, resiled, grovelled, recoiling, grovelling