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cringeworthiness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The property of being cringeworthy: causing cringing by someone (an onlooker, a person doing something cringeworthy, or both) through awkwardness, embarrassment, or vicarious embarrassment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cringe

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From cringeworthy + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كْرِنْج (krinj) — awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe
  • Armenian: քրինջ (kʻrinǰ) — awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe
  • Bulgarian: криндж (krindž) — awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe
  • Finnish: nolous — awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe
  • Finnish: kiusaannuttavuus — awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe
  • Polish: cringe — awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe
  • Russian: кринж (krinž) — awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe
  • Russian: куко́ж (kukóž) — awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe
  • Ukrainian: криндж (kryndž) — awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe