To Cringe

1. (intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
2. (intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
3. (intransitive) To bow or crouch in servility.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To act in an obsequious or servile manner.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To draw (a body part) close to the body; also, to distort or wrinkle (the face, etc.).
6. (transitive, obsolete) To bow or crouch to (someone) in servility; to escort (someone) in a cringing manner.