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cringy

/ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒi/

cringy is the alternative spelling of cringey.

Meaning of cringey

Adjective

cringey (comparative cringier or more cringey, superlative cringiest or most cringey)

  1. Characterised by causing feelings of embarrassment; embarrassing.
    • During a recent appearance on “The Last Laugh” podcast, the actor, who played Dwight Schrute on the hit NBC comedy, talked about how cringey parts of the series could be.2025 September 12, Lisa Respers France, “Rainn Wilson says ‘The Office’ was ‘based around clueless, insensitive, racist, sexist people’”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    cringeworthy
  2. Cringing; cowardly.

Forms of cringy

comparativecringier
comparativemore cringy
superlativecringiest
superlativemost cringy

Words that rhyme with cringy

Questions about cringy

What is cringy the alternative spelling of?
Cringy is the alternative spelling of cringey.
How do you pronounce cringy?
Cringy is pronounced /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒi/.

Words near cringy in the dictionary

  1. Cringleford
  2. cringles
  3. cringling
  4. cringometer
  5. cringometers
  6. cringy
  7. crinicultural
  8. criniere
  9. crinieres
  10. criniferous
  11. crinigerous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cringy (page history and authors); cringey (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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