Cringe

Cringe is a word, implemented by millennials to replace a three word phrase "second hand embarrassment".

*Person A presenting a PowerPoint presentation about China infront of his history class*
Person A: ... Oh and if anyone is wondering on July 4th 1989 nothing happened on Tiananmen Square. Now about the...
Person B quietly to itself: Cringe.

by low@ September 13, 2020

Cringe

A perfectly precise verb that has now been mutilated into an adjective to well describe something morally intolerable, just because that thing is too much to handle.

"Dude, Jacob Sartorius' new song is fire!"
"What? Damn man, it's so cringe."

by Medium Salsa December 11, 2016

cringes

Moments when you remember things that happened the previous night that you're not proud of, making you cringe.

Jane: Oh no.
Jessica: What's wrong?
Jane: I just remembered that I kissed Joe last night after that 5th tequila shot. I've got a bad case of the cringes.

by Pasadena Kim May 29, 2007

cring

a. A noise accompanied by a solid hit that usually sends the opponent rocketing away.

b. A noise accompanied by the sparkle of something shiny, or epic.

a. Link hit Kirby with the Homerun Bat, blasting the pink ball off the stage with a satisfying "CRING".

b. The professor, smirking, pushed his glasses towards his eyes with a single finger, a soft "cring" sounding with the shine on their frame that followed.

by Tancuras April 1, 2009

Cringe

The act of Strategically placing a toothpick under your toe nail and kicking a wall

Ima cringe my toes when I get home

by Jeffreyman November 17, 2017

cringe

when you're in an awkward situation.
when someone says a bad joke and no one laughs.

John: Dude, i cringed when billy told alice she liked him.
Bob: Yeah it was soo awkward. He hates her!

by itybitylyna November 8, 2010

Cringe

Me. In the past. Most probably past you as well.

I was cringe.

by Charuzu December 14, 2021