cringemaking
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "The couple’s attempt to consummate their marriage, predictably enough, ends in an embarrassing encounter that will snowball into a far more dire emotional exchange, all of which is depicted by Mr. McEwan in unsavory, voyeuristic terms that are as cringemaking as they are graphic."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more cringemaking (comparative)
most cringemaking (superlative)