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单词 cringey
释义

cringey

adjective

ˈkrin-jē How to pronounce cringey (audio)
variants or less commonly cringe-y or cringy
informal
: tending to cause one to cringe (as out of embarrassment or discomfort) : cringeworthy
By the end of the book Ford has run through at least eight motels/hotels/tepees … and five cringey references to "making love": it can wear a person out. Susannah Meadows
Not every moment of my freshman college experience has been cringey. Juliette Carey
Even though parts of Trudeau's speech may feel cringe-y to some Canadians, it's pretty understandable how an American audience could feel thirsty for a leader preaching "friendship" and "love." Allison Tierney
also : inclined to cringe
The things I've written that make me cringe … . I feel cringey whenever I read passionate old essays of mine. Elizabeth Gilbert

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

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