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- adjective That causes one to
cringe with embarrassment;embarrassing
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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It's kind of cringeworthy in its 2005-ness, really.
Archive 2006-03-01 annawaits 2006
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It's kind of cringeworthy in its 2005-ness, really.
What NME isn't telling us annawaits 2006
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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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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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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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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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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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Coldplay's Chris Martin says he has no plans to release a solo album and thinks the idea would be 'cringeworthy'.
Home 2010
billifer commented on the word cringeworthy
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
sonofgroucho commented on the word cringeworthy
This is a great word---I had forgotten about it.
February 4, 2008