cringeometer
/kɹɪnˈd͡ʒɑmɪtɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "My cringeometer went off the scale as I watched his excruciating performance."
- "How Does Your Dad Rate On The Cringe-O-Meter? [title]"
- "But he [Gordon Brown] caused serious damage to the cringeometer in the build-up to the 2010 general election when he attacked the Conservative Party with a football chant: [...]"
- "As the Prime Minister's spokesman put it the other day, this is an occasion for government ministers to "mix with the community" ("jinżlu fil-komunità"). Cringeometers off for a minute, the sleight is fascinating."
- "Again, with your cringeometer on, it's lucky, there's loads of brilliant actors, to work a lot is fantastic."
- "Not all social-media gimmicks are created equal and doubtless some of these were lapped up by the target audience, with their funny little avatars and chronic misuse of the verb 'to rustle'. The rest of us, though, might need to start recalibrating our cringeometers."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɹɪnˈd͡ʒɑmɪtɚ/
- British English: /kɹɪnˈd͡ʒɒmɪtə/