cringy

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cringy englanniksi

1. (l).

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3. 2011, Rosie Scott, Faith Singer

It involved such a cringy mix of self-indulgence and vulnerability I didn't feel equipped.

4. 2016, Catherine Ferguson, Four Weddings and a Fiasco

'You're damn right I am,' declares Ron in a cringy American accent, grabbing Andrea in a showy embrace.

5. cringe Cringing; cowardly.

6. 1917, Charles Henry Lerrigo, The boy scout treasure hunters: or, The lost treasure of Buffalo Hollow

There stepped into view a man whom Glen had not seen before. He was evidently associated with Mr. Jervice, but he did not in the least resemble him, for instead of being a cringy weakling, he was big and strong and hard.

7. 1929, The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women

Possibly the thing had feelings of its own; there was no knowing. Just the little cringy sort that might inveigle itself . . .

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• crème fraîche

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