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cringe

The correct spelling is cringe.

How to pronounce cringe

/kɹɪnd͡ʒ/
noun

IPA: /kɹɪnd͡ʒ/

Say it like: Cri-nje

The correct spelling is cringe. A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. For example: "He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk."

Usage Examples

He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.

There was so much cringe in that episode!

That video was full of cringe.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.
  2. 2.A servile obeisance.
  3. 3.A crick.
  4. 4.An embarrassing event or situation which causes an onlooker to cringe.
  5. 5.Someone or something that is cringy.

verb

  1. 1.To shrink, cower, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.
  2. 2.To bow or crouch in servility.
  3. 3.To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.

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