"cringometer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cringometers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cringometer (plural cringometers)
  1. Alternative spelling of cringeometer. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cringeometer
    Sense id: en-cringometer-en-noun-NsAfiK3u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "But EastEnders has also just been blessed by the appearance of Walford Community Church. A group of intrepid church planters apparently sent from the planet Throg are meeting in Albert Square. Unfortunately they really do put the old cringometer in the red: a grinningly picture-perfect group in continuous ecstasy, they listen to the preacher with a rapt attention unknown in the history of Christianity.",
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