Adjective
cringe
cringe, cringeworthy
C2
rank #11,097
Meanings
Adjective
- cringe, cringeworthy
Example sentence
Sein Video von der Bühne war echt cringe.
His video from the stage was really cringe.
Usage
- Das war echt cringe. — That was really cringeworthy; colloquial borrowing.
- cringe / peinlich — Similar meanings; cringe is an indeclinable adjective, without endings.
Sie fand den übertriebenen Auftritt einfach cringe.
She found the exaggerated performance simply cringeworthy.