Definitions

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  • adjective That causes one to cringe with embarrassment; embarrassing

Etymologies

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cringe +‎ -worthy

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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.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • 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.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • It's kind of cringeworthy in its 2005-ness, really.

    Archive 2006-03-01 annawaits 2006

  • It's kind of cringeworthy in its 2005-ness, really.

    What NME isn't telling us annawaits 2006

  • Coldplay's Chris Martin says he has no plans to release a solo album and thinks the idea would be 'cringeworthy'.

    Home 2010

  • Coldplay's Chris Martin says he has no plans to release a solo album and thinks the idea would be 'cringeworthy'.

    Home 2010

  • Coldplay's Chris Martin says he has no plans to release a solo album and thinks the idea would be 'cringeworthy'.

    Home 2010

  • Coldplay's Chris Martin says he has no plans to release a solo album and thinks the idea would be 'cringeworthy'.

    Home 2010

  • Coldplay's Chris Martin says he has no plans to release a solo album and thinks the idea would be 'cringeworthy'.

    Home 2010

  • Coldplay's Chris Martin says he has no plans to release a solo album and thinks the idea would be 'cringeworthy'.

    Home 2010

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  • This is such a cute word — it's almost an onomatopoeia, but not quite. I can see people cringing at things that are cringeworthy!

    December 27, 2006

  • This is a great word---I had forgotten about it.

    February 4, 2008