cringes
Definitions
Verb
- Draw back, as with fear or pain
- Show submission or fear
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "cringes".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | colleges | 3 | 39 |
| 2 | occurrences | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | carriages | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | cottages | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | eclipses | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | actresses | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | choruses | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | collages | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | college's | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | exposes | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | caucuses | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | skirmishes | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | actress's | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | cabbages | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | cabooses | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | caucus's | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | clines's | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | colleges' | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | commerce's | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | crunches | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | kasich's | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | krebs's | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "cringes".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rings | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | cries | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | cringed | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | carvings | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | ringed | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | ringers | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | ringel | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | cringe | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | fringes | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | ringe | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | rines | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | syringes | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | cravings | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | cortines | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | cardiges | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | carcinogens | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | ringle | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | ringer | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | ringen | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | ring's | 1 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "cringes" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "cringes" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "cringes".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 22
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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