The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CRINGED , but the solution may also be LOATHED which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in Newsday).
Shrank from crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CRINGED | 20 % | 7 |
| RECOILED | 20 % | 8 |
| LOATHED | 20 % | 7 |
| HATED | 20 % | 5 |
| SHIED | 20 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shrank from
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shrink from
- shrinking
- shrinks
- shrunken
- shrink
- shrinkage
- shrink back
- shriveling
- shriveled
- shrivel
- shrivels
- shrivel up
Crossword Answer definitions
CRINGED verb- To shrink, cower, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.
- To bow or crouch in servility.
- To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CRINGED
More clues leading to the result RECOILED
- Drew back in horror
- Flinched
- Flinched back
- Sprang back
- Drew back.
- Shrank back.
- Shrank from
- Shrank back
- Opposite of charged
- Drew back, in a way
More clues leading to the result LOATHED
- Despised
- Couldn't take
- Couldn't stand
- Didn't like one bit
- Hated big-time
- Shrank from
- Execrated.
- Abhorred.
- Detested.
- Abhorred
More clues leading to the result HATED
- Couldn't stomach
- Couldn't stand
- Unpopular, and then some
- Despised
- Like personae non gratae
- Despicable
- Unpopular and then some
- Like a bête noire
- Couldn't abide
- Found abominable