🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

cringe verb

  /kɹɪnd͡ʒ/
  • (intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
 grincer des dents
  • (intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
 gêner

cringe noun

  /kɹɪnd͡ʒ/
  • (uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.
 cringe
  • (countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
 se faire tout petit

🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

cringe noun {m}

  /kʁin(d)ʒ/
cringe, cringemaking, cringeworthy, cringy
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