Cringe

"Cringe" in French

cringe

(secondhand embarrassment)

se faire tout petit

(gesture or posture of cringing)

grincer des dents

(to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

gêner

(to experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

gêner

(to feel very embarrassed)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.