cringeworthy

== English == === Etymology === From cringe (verb) + -worthy (suffix meaning of ‘sufficient worth for, deserving of’), popularized by the surname of the character Cuthbert Cringeworthy, an extremely studious pupil introduced in 1972 into The Bash Street Kids, a comic strip by the Scottish cartoonist David Sutherland (1933–2023) published in the British magazine The Beano. === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒˌwɜːði/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒˌwəːðɪj/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɾɪnd͡ʒˌweːði/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒˌweːði/ (England, th-fronting) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒˌwɜːvi/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈkɾɪnd͡ʒˌwʌɾðe/, /-ðɪ/, /-ði/ (Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɾɪnd͡ʒˌwøːði/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒˌwɝði/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒˌwɜːði/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɹənd͡ʒˌwøːði/ Hyphenation: cringe‧worthy === Adjective === cringeworthy (comparative more cringeworthy or cringeworthier, superlative most cringeworthy or cringeworthiest) (informal) That causes or may cause one to cringe with disgust, embarrassment (often vicarious embarrassment), etc.; awkward, disgusting, embarrassing. Synonyms: cringe, cringey, squirmworthy, winceworthy ==== Alternative forms ==== cringe-worthy ==== Derived terms ==== cringeworthily cringeworthiness ==== Related terms ==== cringe cringey, cringy cringily cringiness cringingly ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === cringe (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia