Top Cringe Quotes

When we feel we have benched ourselves for too long, we must loosen up the unessential, get over our endless cringing and make a bold leap to the glowing stars of our dream. ("Steaming ahead" )

Maybe they notice me wincing whenever I hear them say it, but I don't know: there are all sorts of reasons I could be wincing. Life is a wince-a-thon.

Cringe Definition

(v. t.) To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.

(v. t.) To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.

(n.) Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.