How do you say “cringe” in Vietnamese?

“Cringe” in Vietnamese is rúm (to flinch).

Vietnamese words for “cringe”

• rúmListenverb
  Hanoi [zum˧˦] · Saigon [ɹʊm˦˥]rúm rising

  to flinch; to cringe

Related Vietnamese words

• quỵ luỵListenverb

  to cringe; to grovel

• khép népListenadjective

  shy

• khúm númListenadjective

  obsequious; submissive

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.