cringesome
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised or marked by cringing; causing one to cringe.
Example Sentences
- "As 'cringesome' moments go it was right down there with Scotland goalie Stewart Kennedy trying to garrotte himself on his crossbar during England's 5-1 Wembley mauling in 1975."
- "I was going to spare you the cringesome details of the next ten minutes but you ought to hear them, really, as it gives you some insight into what really goes on in my head."
Etymology
From cringe + -some.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more cringesome (comparative)
most cringesome (superlative)