To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
Infinitivecringe
Past simplecringed
Past participlecringed
-ing formcringing
Full conjugation of the English verb to cringe (past simple cringed,
past participle cringed):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
cringe
you
cringe
he/she/it
cringes
we
cringe
you
cringe
they
cringe
Present continuous
I
am cringing
you
are cringing
he/she/it
is cringing
we
are cringing
you
are cringing
they
are cringing
Present perfect
I
have cringed
you
have cringed
he/she/it
has cringed
we
have cringed
you
have cringed
they
have cringed
Present perfect continuous
I
have been cringing
you
have been cringing
he/she/it
has been cringing
we
have been cringing
you
have been cringing
they
have been cringing
Past simple
I
cringed
you
cringed
he/she/it
cringed
we
cringed
you
cringed
they
cringed
Past continuous
I
was cringing
you
were cringing
he/she/it
was cringing
we
were cringing
you
were cringing
they
were cringing
Past perfect
I
had cringed
you
had cringed
he/she/it
had cringed
we
had cringed
you
had cringed
they
had cringed
Past perfect continuous
I
had been cringing
you
had been cringing
he/she/it
had been cringing
we
had been cringing
you
had been cringing
they
had been cringing
Future simple
I
will cringe
you
will cringe
he/she/it
will cringe
we
will cringe
you
will cringe
they
will cringe
Future continuous
I
will be cringing
you
will be cringing
he/she/it
will be cringing
we
will be cringing
you
will be cringing
they
will be cringing
Future perfect
I
will have cringed
you
will have cringed
he/she/it
will have cringed
we
will have cringed
you
will have cringed
they
will have cringed
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been cringing
you
will have been cringing
he/she/it
will have been cringing
we
will have been cringing
you
will have been cringing
they
will have been cringing
Conditional
Present
I
would cringe
you
would cringe
he/she/it
would cringe
we
would cringe
you
would cringe
they
would cringe
Present continuous
I
would be cringing
you
would be cringing
he/she/it
would be cringing
we
would be cringing
you
would be cringing
they
would be cringing
Perfect
I
would have cringed
you
would have cringed
he/she/it
would have cringed
we
would have cringed
you
would have cringed
they
would have cringed
Perfect continuous
I
would have been cringing
you
would have been cringing
he/she/it
would have been cringing
we
would have been cringing
you
would have been cringing
they
would have been cringing
Subjunctive
Present
that I
cringe
that you
cringe
that he/she/it
cringe
that we
cringe
that you
cringe
that they
cringe
Past
if I
cringed
if you
cringed
if he/she/it
cringed
if we
cringed
if you
cringed
if they
cringed
Imperative
Affirmative
you
cringe
we
let's cringe
Negative
you
don't cringe
we
let's not cringe
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to cringe
Perfect infinitive
to have cringed
Present participle / gerund
cringing
Past participle
cringed
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