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cringemaking

cringemaking adjective: inducing cringing; embarrassing.

Adjective

cringemaking (comparative more cringemaking, superlative most cringemaking)

  1. Inducing cringing; embarrassing.
    • The couple’s attempt to consummate their marriage, predictably enough, ends in an embarrassing encounter that will snowball into a far more dire emotional exchange, all of which is depicted by Mr. McEwan in unsavory, voyeuristic terms that are as cringemaking as they are graphic.2007 June 1, Michiko Kakutani, “Past and Present: Imperfect, Tense”, in New York Times

Forms of cringemaking

comparativemore cringemaking
superlativemost cringemaking

Origin of cringemaking

From cringe + making.

Words formed from cringemaking

Questions about cringemaking

What does cringemaking mean?
Cringemaking means inducing cringing; embarrassing.
What part of speech is cringemaking?
Cringemaking is an adjective.

Words near cringemaking in the dictionary

  1. cringeful
  2. cringeling
  3. cringelings
  4. cringelord
  5. cringelords
  6. cringemaking
  7. cringeness
  8. cringeometer
  9. cringeometers
  10. cringer
  11. cringers

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