cringe (v.)
- avoid
- bend
- blench
- blink
- bootlick
- bow
- brown-nose
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- crouch
- curtsy
- defer
- dodge
- duck
- evade
- fade
- fawn
- flatter
- flinch
- funk
- genuflect
- grovel
- hunch
- jib
- kneel
- kowtow
- quail
- quiver
- recoil
- retract
- retreat
- shrink
- shy
- sidestep
- skulk
- slaver
- slink
- sneak
- squat
- stoop
- swerve
- toady
- tremble
- truckle
- wallow
- welter
- wince
- withdraw