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cringeworthy, a. colloq.
Brit. |ˈkrɪn(d)ʒˌwəːði|, U.S. |ˈkrɪn(d)ʒˌwərði|
[‹ cringe v. + -worthy comb. form. Compare earlier cringe-making adj.
Popularized by the name of the character Cuthbert Cringeworthy, the obsequious, assiduous schoolboy ‘swot’ in The Bash Street Kids (a strip in the British children's comic Beano).]
Causing (or liable to cause) one to cringe with fear or (more usually) acute embarrassment, awkwardness, disgust, etc.; spec. designating or relating to an artistic production or performance which exhibits embarrassing incompetence, pretension, or sentimentality.
[1972Beano 1 Apr. 10 ‘This is our new little chum Cuthbert Cringeworthy.’ ‘Greetings, ugly pupils!’] 1977Alton (Illinois) Telegraph 22 Jan. d6/3 Once you get past the sillier aspects of the plot, the chair-gripping horror is there. ‘Cringe-worthy’ in spots, if a bit drawn out. 1990Independent 30 Mar. 14/6 He makes a virtue of using rhyming couplets by occasionally turning the device into a joke itself with cringeworthy rhymes—‘I know I must do what I'm told / Fathers know better because they're old.’ 1995Alternative Press May 97/1 Most Caucasians who play ‘soul’ music make cringeworthy spectacles of themselves, especially Brits. 2001Sugar Feb. 13 Got a cringeworthy memory that still makes you blush when you think about it? Don't worry, 'cause you're not alone. |