cringe-making
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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While the spectacle of awards shows can be embarrassing, a cringe-making combo of self-congratulation and self-effacement, the hype always gets me in the end.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2023
But he added: "With a few exceptions, Borat's satirical jabs don't land with quite the same cringe-making force this time; the setups are too convoluted, the anonymous targets too genial, the payoffs too meagre."
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2020
It was as hilarious as it was cringe-making.
From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2019
How cringe-making it must have been for Baltimore fans when their coach claimed, “It’s not something anybody’s ever done before.”
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2015
And his white guy in the ghetto odyssey was both cringe-making and pretty funny.
From Salon • May 16, 2013
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