cringy

It is so embarrassing and cringy, not to mention just plain wrong.

Carbon evangelism « Anglican Samizdat 2010

"It's an evening of dinner and games, and it is cringy and uncomfortable because Michael and Jan get in one of those passive-aggressive fights … where you're fighting but you say it all with a smile on your face," says Jenna Fischer, whose receptionist Pam attends the dinner with boyfriend/colleague Jim (John Krasinski).

'The Office' reopens after strike-induced vacation 2008

I was in real cringy tears of recognition before the dialogue started, right at the opening shot of Ollie sitting on his hotel bed in a suit and tie with his laptop.

Confirmed: Iraq Inquiry toothless Alix Mortimer 2009

I was in real cringy tears of recognition before the dialogue started, right at the opening shot of Ollie sitting on his hotel bed in a suit and tie with his laptop.

The review you really don’t need… Alix Mortimer 2009

Because it's full of the kind of leprechaun, shillelagh, Erin Go Bragh factor, which is a bit cringy.

Bell X1: Rock Dressed In Electro Beats 2009

PEET: Yeah, I have done things, but I don ` t know if I want to talk about them on national television because they ` re sort of cringy and embarrassing.

CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2005 2005

I don't cravy anything, there is no foods that make me cringy when I eat or smell anymore.

mamarobbi Diary Entry mamarobbi 2003

He was evidently associated with Mr. Jervice, but he did not in the least resemble him, for instead of being a cringy weakling, he was big and strong and hard.

The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow Charles Henry Lerrigo 1916

The slang evolves as such a speed that even the best-written dialogue can teeter on the brink of cringy by the time it reaches the screen.

The Guardian World News 2011

Instead, percussion solos, cringy spirituals and plinky-plonk pianos that went out of fashion with white stilettos are made more tolerable by the awesome sight of bassist Verdine White's enormous tassled trousers.

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