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English
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Etymology
cringe + -worthy
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Adjective
cringeworthy (comparative more cringeworthy, superlative most cringeworthy)
- (colloquial) That causes one to cringe with embarrassment; embarrassing.
2022 May 4, Stefanie Foster, “Great British Rail Sale failed!”, in RAIL, number 956, page 3:It also presented a golden opportunity for Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to wear silly outfits and produce yet another cringeworthy video, which attracted sharp criticism online.
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that causes one to cringe
- Armenian: քինջ (kʻinǰ) (slang)
- Azerbaijani: əttökən
- Bulgarian: криндж (krindž)
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- Czech: hrozně nepříjemný m
- Danish: tåkrummende
- Dutch: tenenkrommend (nl), tenenkrullend (nl)
- Esperanto: hontinda, hontiga
- Finnish: kiusaannuttava, nolo (fi), myötähäpeää aiheuttava
- French: malaisant (fr), embarrassant (fr)
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- German: peinlich (de), blamabel (de), beschämend (de), unangenehm (de), erschütternd (de), zum Fremdschämen, zum In-den-Boden-Versinken
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- Hungarian: ciki (hu), kínos (hu)
- Icelandic: kjánahrollur, pínlegur
- Italian: imbarazzante (it)
- Japanese: 痛い (ja) (いたい, itai) (slang)
- Korean: 오글오글 (ko) (ogeurogeul)
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- Russian: стрёмный (ru) (strjómnyj)
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