English Dictionary

cringe

/kɹɪnd͡ʒ/

noun

(countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking). / (countable, figuratively) An act or disposition of servile obeisance.

Her cringe was palpable as she watched the embarrassing video.

意味（1）

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

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

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

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

意味（4）

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

There was so much cringe in that episode!