ˈcringingness [f. as prec. + -ness.] Cringing quality, timid servility. 1695Whether Preserv. Protest. Relig. Motive of Revol. 22 With a flattering as well as a mean Cringingness.1821Blackw. Mag. IX. 508 There is..less of plebeian cringingness and adulation in his works.