cringingnessn.
/ˈkrɪn(d)ʒɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkrɪndʒɪŋnᵻs/ Cringing quality; obsequiousness, servility; timidity.
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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun]
fawninga1350
submission?a1439
overlowness1496
servility1573
servilenessa1594
obsequency1595
obsequiousness1613
cringing1617
slavishnessa1620
vernility1623
servulating1637
suppleness1638
sneakinga1657
subserviency1669
fawningness1672
subservience1680
cringingness1695
truckling1820
obsequience1830
flunkeyism1831
servilism1831
spanielship1832
toadyism1840
flunkeydom1850
oleaginousness1853
vassalism1854
toadying1863
grovel1892
obsequity1892
crawlsomeness1900
serfishness1906
oleosity?1920
ass-kissing1936
1695 Whether Preserv. Protest. Relig. Motive of Revol. 22 With a flattering as well as a mean Cringingness.
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 508 There is..less of plebeian cringingness and adulation in his works.
1853 G. W. M. Reynolds Myst. London V. lvii. 276 ‘You see,’ he added with nervous excitement and fawning cringingness, ‘I am willing to be on friendly terms with you if I can.’
1934 L. Lewisohn Altar in Fields ii. vi. 111 All men would see the desolateness and the cringingness and the corruption of his inner man.
1971 Japan Q. 18 92 My nature yearns to wear Scars and the mongrel's cringingness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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