cringey
/ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised by causing feelings of embarrassment; embarrassing.
Example Sentences
- "During a recent appearance on “The Last Laugh” podcast, the actor, who played Dwight Schrute on the hit NBC comedy, talked about how cringey parts of the series could be."
- "“Hey, girl. You are so dope. I love, I love that fit. Um... Question. And this is like super cringey. Um... Do you think you could be, like, chiller to Addy?” “Are you somebody's mom? Is somebody missing their mom?” “Nope. No, I'm not that much older than you. I'm, like, borderline big sister age.” “Maybe you need to spend less time looking up teen slang on ChatGPT because it's giving you a tech neck. Wrinkles in the front. Hump in the back. You're a humpback whale. Humpback.” [students chanting] “Humpback, humpback, humpback! Humpback, humpback, humpback! Humpback, humpback, humpback!” “What did you do?” “I hate my neck!”"
Etymology
From cringe + -y.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
cringier (comparative)
more cringey (comparative)
cringiest (superlative)
most cringey (superlative)
cringe-y (alternative)
cringy (alternative)