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cringeful

adj

Etymology

From cringe + -ful.

  1. derived from *grenǵʰ-✻ — “to turn”
  2. derived from *kringaną✻
  3. inherited from *krangijaną✻ — “to cause to fall; to cause to turn”
  4. inherited from *crenċan✻
  5. inherited from crengen — “to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”
  6. suffixed as cringeful — “cringe + ful”

Definitions

  1. Tending to make one cringe

    Tending to make one cringe; embarrassing or frightening.

    • As the audience is propelled towards a state of cringeful suspense, the script is littered with recriminations and wit.
    • Viciously massaging conditioner through her dripping hair, Paula lets the footage play to the cringeful end.
    • And if you see a woman in a cringeful relationship and conclude that you'd rather stay single, have you considered that there just might be other options besides the measly two your Physical Mind is presenting?

  2. Tending to cringe.

    • He is correctly ferocious, but like all bullies cringeful before the malevolent Katisha.
    • One email was from her brother, however, and this made Bridget both happy and cringeful since she owed him several hundred dollars for some car repairs he'd taken care of for her.
    • Despite his angel sibling's cringeful reactions to his fashion and excessive cheerfulness, his glasses are a kind of symbol of his unique connection to humanity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cringeful. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA