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cringe comedy

cringe comedy noun: a genre of comedy based around characters getting into socially awkward situations.

Noun

cringe comedy (countable and uncountable, plural cringe comedies)

  1. A genre of comedy based around characters getting into socially awkward situations.
  2. A specific work in this style.

Forms of cringe comedy

pluralcringe comedies

Questions about cringe comedy

What does cringe comedy mean?
Cringe comedy means a genre of comedy based around characters getting into socially awkward situations.
What part of speech is cringe comedy?
Cringe comedy is a noun.
What is the plural of cringe comedy?
The plural of cringe comedy is cringe comedies.

Words near cringe comedy in the dictionary

  1. Criners
  2. crinet
  3. crinets
  4. cringe
  5. cringe comedies
  6. cringe comedy
  7. cringe culture
  8. cringe de la cringe
  9. cringe-making
  10. cringe-makingly
  11. cringe-o-meter

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