cringeworthy
That causes or may cause one to cringe with disgust, embarrassment, etcThat causes or may cause one to cringe with disgust, embarrassment (often vicarious embarrassment), etc.; awkward, disgusting, embarrassing.
» Her performance was painfully cringeworthy.
Її виступ був такий незграбний, що на нього було болісно дивитися. — deniko
nickyeow · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(informal)That causes or may cause one to cringe with disgust, embarrassment (often vicarious embarrassment), etc.; awkward, disgusting, embarrassing.
blamabel, beschämend, erschütternd
стрёмныйstrjómnyj
Examples
4 sentencesHer performance was painfully cringeworthy.
Її виступ був такий незграбний, що на нього було болісно дивитися. — deniko
The sensationalism of this newspaper is cringeworthy.
This movie is an unwatchable, cringeworthy piece of shit.
Maybe next fall we will see the ugliest and most cringeworthy presidential contest in the history of the United States of America.
deMöglicherweise werden wir im nächsten Herbst den hässlichsten und schauderhaftesten Präsidentschaftswahlkampf in der Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika erleben. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
6 languagesOrigin
From cringe (verb) + -worthy (suffix meaning of ‘sufficient worth for, deserving of’), popFrom cringe (verb) + -worthy (suffix meaning of ‘sufficient worth for, deserving of’), popularized by the surname of the character Cuthbert Cringeworthy, an extremely studious pupil introduced in 1972 into The Bash Street Kids, a comic strip by the Scottish cartoonist David Sutherland (1933–2023) published in the British magazine The Beano.
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Forms
more cringeworthy/cringeworthier, most cringeworthy/cringeworthiest| Comparative | more cringeworthy / cringeworthier Lesson |
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| Superlative | most cringeworthy / cringeworthiest Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.