cringeworthiness

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What does cringeworthiness mean?

The property of being cringeworthy: causing cringing by someone (an onlooker, a person doing something cringeworthy, or both) through awkwardness, embarrassment, or vicarious embarrassment.

Where does cringeworthiness come from?

From cringeworthy + -ness.

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