Cringing and Fearful

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Cringing adjective - Totally submissive.

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Fearful and cringing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fearful" instead an adjective "Cringing".

Nearby Words: cringe, cringed

Fearful adjective - Causing fear.

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Cringing and fearful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cringing" instead an adjective "Fearful".

Nearby Words: fear, fearless, fearsome, fearfully, fearlessly

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