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cringefail

cringefail adjective: embarrassing and cringeworthy.

Adjective

cringefail (comparative more cringefail, superlative most cringefail)

  1. (Internet) Embarrassing and cringeworthy.
    • his cringefail behavior has captivated me2022 August 19, @dmogrg, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2024
    • Thank you, BBC Sherlock, for your complete and utter "cringefail" moment, as the kiddos say.2023 March 30, u/toasteethetoaster, “Noticer”, in Reddit, r/CuratedTumblr, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2024

Examples of cringefail in a sentence

  • Taerae out here playing 4d chess assembling the most cringefail fits imaginable so he doesn't have to worry abt ppl stealing his clothes 💀2023 April 2, u/linchyes, “Addressing the Wardrobe Recycling Epidemic on BP”, in Reddit, r/BoysPlanet, archived from the original on 12 Jun...
  • OK I cant help myself from posting im so happy with this .. it made all the cringefail lip-synching i did into my webcam for reference all worth it2024 February 13, @kazehita_, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2024:
  • my opinion on runes is p mixed, but switching to the latin alphabet was a cringefail move in the long run, especially after all the norman fuckery.2024 June 10, u/blehe38, “Say something really bad about English.”, in Reddit, r/linguisticshumor, archived from the original on 12 Jun...

Forms of cringefail

comparativemore cringefail
superlativemost cringefail

Origin of cringefail

Compound of cringe + fail.

Questions about cringefail

What does cringefail mean?
Cringefail means embarrassing and cringeworthy.
How do you use cringefail in a sentence?
Taerae out here playing 4d chess assembling the most cringefail fits imaginable so he doesn't have to worry abt ppl stealing his clothes 💀
What part of speech is cringefail?
Cringefail is an adjective.

Words near cringefail in the dictionary

  1. cringe-worthiest
  2. cringe-worthy
  3. cringe-y
  4. cringed
  5. cringedst
  6. cringefail
  7. cringefest
  8. cringefests
  9. cringefluencer
  10. cringefluencers
  11. cringeful

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