Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. That causes one to cringe with embarrassment; embarrassing
Etymologies
- cringe + -worthy (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The word cringeworthy was used above not in relation to the Heaps Good campaign but the utterly humiliating efforts by our former Premier Dean Brown to rekindle a sense of hope after Tim Marcus Clarke and John Bannon presided over the misplacement of several billion dollars.”
“It's kind of cringeworthy in its 2005-ness, really.”
“Coldplay's Chris Martin says he has no plans to release a solo album and thinks the idea would be 'cringeworthy'.”
“Chris Martin has claimed that if he released a solo album it would be "cringeworthy".”
“Chris Martin thinks his solo album would be "cringeworthy".”
“Also, couldn't agree more with J Mallozzi's "cringeworthy" comment regarding that one sequence, btw: -) 8: 15 PM, November 08, 2008”
“cringeworthy" before giving it high praise and an A-minus.”
“There were cringeworthy lines from the film (especially at the end) that were added specifically to give the movie a more accessible and typical Hollywood message, and that felt wrong to me.”
“I have plenty of cringeworthy entries to keep me reminded of that!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cringeworthy’.
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sniglets
sniglets and neologisms | protologisms
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( randomness )bimp, darf, sketchy, blurfle, doork, elbonics, facon, fuffle, gibble, gyroped, hangle, passhole and 217 more...
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generationnext's Words
petulant, vehement, pensive, lascivious, vacillate, histrionic, satiated, svelte, lithe, zeitgeist, viscous, sommelier and 526 more...
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kat's words
ecumenical, cacophony, clatter, marimba, bamboo, saffron, slice, mercurial, pomegranate, cranky, slipshod, scritch and 511 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Brinstar's Words
cobalt, obfuscate, archon, wii, sniper, arcane, celerity, visage, auspicious, ether, epidemic, lich and 138 more...
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kewpid's Words
moleskine, araldite, dessicate, cellar door, grotesque, fallacy, vendetta, raindrop, panacea, ethereal, hircus, treppenwitz and 446 more...
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Recent additions
Relatively new coinages, or adaptations of previously existing words.
firewall, bioterrorism, bling-bling, bluetooth, bobo, game face, microdermabrasion, metrosexual, microarray, sex worker, stained-glass cei..., stalkerazzi and 99 more...
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doctorfad's Words
disenchanted, asinine, globule, gerrymander, blog, ostentatious, banjax, colloquialism, cringeworthy, appoggiatura, poignant, malkmusian and 12 more...
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billifer's Words
phallocracy, quarto, libidinous, antihero, droog, sesquipedalian, frottage, quixotic, persnickety, agog, proclivity, logorrhea and 59 more...
Tweets
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sonofgroucho This is a great word---I had forgotten about it. Feb 3, 2008
billifer This is such a cute word — it's almost an onomatopoeia, but not quite. I can see people cringing at things that are cringeworthy! Dec 27, 2006