cringing
verbHow many syllables in cringing?
There are 2 syllables in the word cringing.How to pronounce cringing:
Definition of cringing:
- cringing (verb):
- to recoil in distaste
Synonyms for cringing:
acquiescent
bashful
compliant
cowering
deferential
demure
diffident
groveling
grovelling
humble
ingenuous
lowly
meek
naive
naïve
passive
plain
reserved
resigned
retiring
sheepish
shrinking
subdued
submissive
timid
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Antonyms for cringing:
arrogant
assertive
brazen
confident
domineering
presumptuous
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- careened
- metalled
- finessed
- copied
- cashe
- callow
- scourged
- nonstop
- abysm
- nibbled
- infringe
- enticed
- choppy
- blissful
- unglued
- tun-dish
- stoutest
- refused
- redif
- quaintly
- putout
- photo
- outraged
- muffling
- hotchpot
- flautist
- deterred
- clearest
- timid
- prospect
- pillage
- medics
- haggled
- bedpost
- wished-for
- stifling
- facial
- briskers
- beetroot
- attempts
- lantern
- laden
- denser
- decreased
- bloodred
- besieged
- Achilles
- tail end
- straggling
- phlegmy
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