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cringe-o-meter

Syllables: cringe-o-met·erUK/ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒəʊˌmiːtə//ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒoʊˌmitɚ/

cringe-o-meter is the alternative form of cringeometer.

Meaning of cringeometer

Noun

cringeometer (plural cringeometers)

  1. (humorous, informal) An imaginary device that measures cringeworthiness (the extent to which something makes one cringe; that is, flinch or recoil with embarrassment).
    • My cringeometer went off the scale as I watched his excruciating performance.

Forms of cringe-o-meter

pluralcringe-o-meters

Origin of cringe-o-meter

From cringe + -o-meter.

Questions about cringe-o-meter

What is cringe-o-meter the alternative form of?
Cringe-o-meter is the alternative form of cringeometer.
How do you pronounce cringe-o-meter?
Cringe-o-meter is pronounced /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒəʊˌmiːtə/ (UK).

Words near cringe-o-meter in the dictionary

  1. cringe comedy
  2. cringe culture
  3. cringe de la cringe
  4. cringe-making
  5. cringe-makingly
  6. cringe-o-meter
  7. cringe-o-meters
  8. cringe-worthier
  9. cringe-worthiest
  10. cringe-worthy
  11. cringe-y

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cringe-o-meter (page history and authors); cringeometer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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