Cringing and Lordly

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Cringing

Cringing adjective - Totally submissive.
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Lordly is an antonym for cringing.
Nearby Words: cringe, cringed

Lordly

Lordly adjective - Having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude.
Usage example: one dinner guest was a little lordly about her status as a vegetarian, even asking the other diners how they could bear to eat dead animals
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Cringing is an antonym for lordly.
Nearby Words: lord, lordliness, lordship
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