cringe-worthy
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- adjective
- /ˈkrɪndʒˌwɜrði/
- Informal
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- Watching that old video was so cringe-worthy that I had to cover my eyes.
- cringe-worthy moment
- cringe-worthy scene
Now we say cringe worthy or something like that.
- Now we say cringe worthy or something like that.
- And I find that word passion a little bit cringe worthy.
- Thirty years before, the Dean of Freshman at Harvard College, Francis Vonstata, had issued this cringe worthy statement quote.
- And let me tell you guys, few things are more cringe worthy than older men trying to really hard to act like a younger man just to impress a woman.
Examples
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The accent can be pretty cringe-worthy, too, depending on whom you ask.
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We watch the show in our house just for the cringe-worthy, train-wreck entertainment.
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Have you ever seen how cringe-worthy it plays out?
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I just found some old cringe-worthy stuff here myself!
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Talking outside the door while I'm going is probably the most cringe-worthy thing to me, ha!
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It's always fun to discover, and somewhat cringe-worthy to read, these old posts that still apply today.
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After all, it's hard to converse with people when every word that comes out of your mouth seems cringe-worthy.
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And let me tell you guys, few things are more cringe worthy than older men trying to really hard to act like a younger man just to impress a woman.
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But there are some really funny scenes in About Schmidt, going back and forth between cringe-worthy and uncomfortable to genuinely sweet, sad performances.
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There's nothing more cringe-worthy than seeing a tweet or status update from a business with a spelling or punctuation mistake.
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Synonyms
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Making someone feel awkward or ashamed
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Difficult or inconvenient, often causing embarrassment
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Makes people feel embarrassed and awkward
Makes you feel embarrassed because it seems awkward or fake
Antonyms
How Embarrassing
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- Offensive
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cringe-worthy comes from cringe, which means 'to shrink back' in shame, and worthy, meaning 'deserving', so it describes something so awkward or embarrassing that it deserves a cringe and makes you want to look away.