cringeworthy

Adjective

Meaning

cringeworthy (comparative more cringeworthy, superlative most cringeworthy)

(colloquial) That causes one to cringe with embarrassment; embarrassing.

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You can't do anything to be funny. That's cringeworthy. If your humor comes out of a place of love every time, you don't make the joke bigger than you. The funniest comedians are in touch with their emotional level. John Krasinski

Cuthbert Cuthbert Cringeworthy, the brightest student in the class, is a teacher's pet and has a name for every letter of the alphabet. Source: Internet

Poor Buteau, always a warm and welcome presence, is saddled with this truly cringeworthy subplot, in which a man’s unfortunate housing situation (in one of the most outrageously expensive cities in the world) is played for dating woes yuks. Source: Internet

It’s truly impressive how Peter maintained his calm, donning a polite smile even when Victoria F. botches the most cringeworthy one-line joke. Source: Internet

The 16-year-old lost 1 million followers after a cringeworthy dinner-table disagreement went viral. Source: Internet

The decent stuff was decent and there wasn’t a lot of cringeworthy moments. Source: Internet

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