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Term: Cringe

Definition:

To experience an intense feeling of embarrassment, awkwardness, or discomfort.

Senses and Usages:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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