"cringe" meaning in All languages combined

See cringe on Wiktionary

Adjective [Deutsch]

IPA: kɹɪnt͡ʃ, kɹɪnt͡ʃə Audio: De-cringe.ogg Forms: cringe [positive]
Rhymes: ɪnt͡ʃ
  1. über (insbesondere ältere) Personen: so peinlich, dass man sich dafür fremdschämen muss
    Sense id: de-cringe-de-adj-0WLS7jhq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: beschämend, blamabel, ultrapeinlich, unangenehm Translations: cringy (Englisch), cringeworthy (Englisch), cringe (Englisch), malplaĉa (Esperanto), fremdhontiga (Esperanto)

Inflected forms

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