cringeworthy
1 synonym for cringeworthy, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — So awkward or embarrassing that it makes you want to look away.
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 Briti...
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