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cringe verb

  /kɹɪnd͡ʒ/
  • (intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
 zusammenzucken

cringe noun

  /kɹɪnd͡ʒ/
  • (countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
 Ducken, Erschaudern, Schaudern, Zusammenfahren, Zusammenzucken
  • (uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.
 Fremdscham

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cringe adjective

  /kɹɪnt͡ʃ/ , /kʁɪnd͡ʒ/
  • jugendsprachlich: so peinlich, dass man sich dafür fremdschämen muss
 cringe, cringeworthy, cringy
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