cringe

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable figuratively Britain dialectal slang uncountable

Japanese Meaning

身体を縮める、もしくは縮こまった姿勢や動作 / へりくだった服従の態度、または卑屈な態度を示す行為

A cringe swept through the audience when the comedian made an awkward joke.

コメディアンが気まずいジョークを言ったとき、観客の間に一斉に身をすくめる仕草が広がった。

Sense（1）

(countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).

He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.

Sense（2）

(countable, figuratively) An act or disposition of servile obeisance.

Sense（3）

(countable, Britain, dialectal) A crick (“painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body”).

Sense（4）

(uncountable, slang) Awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe; cringeworthiness.

There was so much cringe in that episode!

cringes

（ plural ）