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cringe

/krɪndʒ/

Translations

cringenoun

cringes

испанский стыд

Watching that awkward performance gave me a sense of cringe.

Просмотр этого неловкого выступления вызвал у меня чувство испанского стыда.

Synonyms

cringeverb

cringed

Past Simple

cringed

Past Participle

cringing

Gerund

/krɪndʒ/

смущаться

She cringed at the thought of her past mistakes.

Она смущалась при мысли о своих прошлых ошибках.

коробить

It makes me cringe to see such behavior.

Меня коробит видеть такое поведение.

съеживаться

I cringe every time I hear that song.

Я съеживаюсь каждый раз, когда слышу эту песню.

Additional translations

Synonyms

cringeadjective

cringier

Comp.

cringiest

Super.

/krɪndʒ/

Used informally/slang as a predicative or attributive adjective meaning ‘embarrassing or awkward’.

Synonyms

Definitions

cringenoun

A feeling of acute embarrassment or awkwardness.

The movie was so full of clichés that it was a total cringe.

An act or instance of cringing.

His cringe at the awkward situation was visible to everyone.

cringeverb

To shrink back or recoil in fear or discomfort.

She cringed at the sound of thunder during the storm.

To feel embarrassed or awkward.

He cringed when he realized he had been talking to the wrong person.

cringeadjective

Embarrassing, awkward, or causing one to feel acute embarrassment.

That outdated joke was absolutely cringe.