cringe Synonyms

funk quail recoil fawn squinch creep grovel crawl cower wince flinch shrink truckle tremble toady stoop start squirm slaver silly shy shudder shrunk wincer feel embarrassed shy away shrink back Pythia pullout eat dirt cringeworthy brownnose bend the knee apple-polish bow down brown-nose draw back pull back back away withdraw prostrate oneself shrank fawning execratory execrative embarrassment duck defer crouch croodle