Term: Cringe
Definition:
To experience an intense feeling of embarrassment, awkwardness, or discomfort.
Senses and Usages:
- Verb (intransitive): To react with embarrassment or disgust to something uncomfortable or embarrassing.
Example Sentence: Witnessing the failed magic trick made the audience cringe in embarrassment.
- Verb (transitive): To cause someone to feel extreme secondhand embarrassment.
Example Sentence: The protagonist's terrible dance moves made the whole room cringe with embarrassment.
- Noun: A feeling or reaction of discomfort or embarrassment.
Example Sentence: The movie was filled with so much cringe I had to cover my face.
- Adjective: Describing something that causes embarrassment or unease.
Example Sentence: His cringe-worthy attempt at singing a love song left everyone uncomfortable.
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