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cringesome

cringesome adjective: characterised or marked by cringing; causing one to cringe.

Adjective

cringesome (comparative more cringesome, superlative most cringesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by cringing; causing one to cringe.
    • As 'cringesome' moments go it was right down there with Scotland goalie Stewart Kennedy trying to garrotte himself on his crossbar during England's 5-1 Wembley mauling in 1975.2008, Aidan Smith, Union Jock: Sleeping with the Auld Enemy
    • I was going to spare you the cringesome details of the next ten minutes but you ought to hear them, really, as it gives you some insight into what really goes on in my head.2009, Tim Thornton, The Alternative Hero

Forms of cringesome

comparativemore cringesome
superlativemost cringesome

Origin of cringesome

From cringe + -some.

Questions about cringesome

What does cringesome mean?
Cringesome means characterised or marked by cringing; causing one to cringe.
What part of speech is cringesome?
Cringesome is an adjective.

Words near cringesome in the dictionary

  1. cringeometer
  2. cringeometers
  3. cringer
  4. cringers
  5. cringes
  6. cringesome
  7. cringest
  8. cringetastic
  9. cringeth
  10. cringeworthier
  11. cringeworthiest

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