Meaning & use
cringey
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Causing a feeling of embarrassment or secondhand awkwardness.
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The speech was so cringey that the whole audience looked away in embarrassment.
Watching the old home video made her cringe at how cringey her teenage self was.
A note on using this word
An informal adjective derived from 'cringe,' popular in casual speech and online commentary rather than formal writing.
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awkwardembarrassing
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