cringe-makingadjective
uk/ˈkrɪndʒˌmeɪ.kɪŋ/us/ˈkrɪndʒˌmeɪ.kɪŋ/UK informalSomeone or something that is cringe-making is so bad that you feel embarrassed:
Then there were his cringe-making attempts at humour.
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Embarrassing
- awkward
- cringe
- cringey
- curl
- curl up and die idiom
- embarrass
- embarrassing
- information
- painful
- put sb on the spot idiom
- show
- show sb up
- spare
- spare sb's blushes idiom
- spot
- toe-curling
- too much information idiom