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cringeworthiest

cringeworthiest is the superlative form of cringeworthy.

Meaning of cringeworthy

Adjective

cringeworthy (comparative more cringeworthy or cringeworthier, superlative most cringeworthy or cringeworthiest)

  1. (informal) That causes or may cause one to cringe with disgust, embarrassment (often vicarious embarrassment), etc.; awkward, disgusting, embarrassing.
    • But the top goon's one-panel reform described by Robin on the last page was absolutely cringeworthy … especially since the author had so successfully built up his image as a first-rate shnook.1967 November, Guy Lillian, “Letters to the Batcave”, in Batman, number 196, Sparta, Ill.: National Periodical Publications, →OCLC, column 2

Questions about cringeworthiest

What is cringeworthiest the superlative form of?
Cringeworthiest is the superlative form of cringeworthy.

Words near cringeworthiest in the dictionary

  1. cringesome
  2. cringest
  3. cringetastic
  4. cringeth
  5. cringeworthier
  6. cringeworthiest
  7. cringeworthily
  8. cringeworthiness
  9. cringeworthy
  10. cringey
  11. cringey-ness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cringeworthiest (page history and authors); cringeworthy (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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