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Yes. The word cringe is a Scrabble US word. The word cringe is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (2 found)

CERING,CRINGE,

5-letter words (9 found)

CRINE,ERING,GENIC,GREIN,GRICE,NICER,NIGER,REIGN,RENIG,

4-letter words (13 found)

CINE,CIRE,ERIC,GIEN,GIRN,GREN,GRIN,ICER,NICE,REIN,RICE,RINE,RING,

3-letter words (19 found)

CIG,ENG,ERG,ERN,GEN,GER,GIE,GIN,ICE,ING,IRE,NEG,NIE,REC,REG,REI,REN,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (6 found)

EN,ER,GI,IN,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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Definitions and meaning of cringe

cringe

Etymology

The verb is derived from Middle English crengen (“to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”) [and other forms], from Old English *crenċan, *crenċġan, *crenġan (“to cause to fall or turn”), the causative of crinċġan (“to yield; to cringe; to fall; to die, perish”), from Proto-Germanic *krangijaną (“to cause to fall; to cause to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *kringaną, *krinkaną (“to fall; to turn; to yield”) (from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”)) + *-janą (suffix forming causatives with the sense ‘to cause to do (the action of the verb)’ from strong verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish krænge (“to turn inside out, evert”), Dutch krengen (“to careen, veer”), Scots crenge, creenge, creinge, crienge (“to cringe; to shrug”), Swedish kränga (“to careen; to heel, lurch; to toss”), and West Frisian kringe (“to pinch; to poke; to push; to insist, urge”); and is a doublet of crinkle.

The noun and adjective are derived from the verb via zero derivation.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kɹɪnd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Verb

cringe (third-person singular simple present cringes, present participle cringing, simple past and past participle cringed)

  1. (intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
  3. (intransitive) To bow or crouch in servility.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) To act in an obsequious or servile manner.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To draw (a body part) close to the body; also, to distort or wrinkle (the face, etc.).
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To bow or crouch to (someone) in servility; to escort (someone) in a cringing manner.

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  • crinch (dialectal)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • crouch
  • wince

Noun

cringe (countable and uncountable, plural cringes)

  1. (countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
  2. (countable, figuratively) An act or disposition of servile obeisance.
  3. (countable, British, dialectal) A crick (“painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body”).
  4. (uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.

Translations

Adjective

cringe (comparative more cringe, superlative most cringe)

  1. (slang, derogatory) Synonym of cringeworthy or uncool, inducing awkwardness or secondhand embarrassment.

Interjection

cringe

  1. (slang, derogatory) Stated in response to something cringeworthy.

Descendants

  • → Armenian: քրինջ (kʻrinǰ) (slang)
  • → Bulgarian: криндж (krindž) (slang)
  • → German: cringe (slang)
  • → Italian: cringe (slang)
  • → Polish: cringe (slang)
  • → Russian: кринж (krinž) (slang)
  • → Spanish: cringe (slang)
  • → Swedish: cringe (slang)
  • → Ukrainian: криндж (kryndž) (slang)
  • → Turkish: krınj (slang)

Notes

References

Anagrams

  • cering, genric, rec'ing

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cringe.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cringe (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. (neologism, chiefly youth slang) cringe, cringeworthy

Related terms

  • cringen
  • Cringe

Further reading

  • “cringe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “cringe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cringe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrind͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -indʒ

Noun

cringe m (invariable)

  1. (neologism, slang) cringe

Adjective

cringe (invariable, superlative cringissimo)

  1. (neologism, slang) cringy

Derived terms

  • cringiata

Polish

Alternative forms

  • krindż

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cringe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krint͡ʂ/
  • Rhymes: -int͡ʂ
  • Syllabification: cringe
  • Homophone: krindż

Noun

cringe m inan

  1. (slang) cringe, cringeworthiness (awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe)
    Synonyms: obciach, przypał, siara

Declension

Further reading

  • cringe at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cringe.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ĩʒi, (Portugal) -ĩʒɨ
  • Hyphenation: crin‧ge

Noun

cringe m (invariable)

  1. (neologism, Internet slang) cringe (content that embarrasses onlookers)

Adjective

cringe m or f (plural cringes)

  1. (neologism, Internet slang) cringeworthy

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cringe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾint͡ʃ/ [ˈkɾĩnʲt͡ʃ]
    • Rhymes: -intʃ
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾinxe/ [ˈkɾĩŋ.xe]
    • Rhymes: -inxe

Noun

cringe m (plural cringe)

  1. (neologism) cringe

Adjective

cringe m or f (masculine and feminine plural cringes)

  1. (neologism) cringy

Swedish

Adjective

cringe (comparative mer cringe, superlative mest cringe)

  1. (slang) cringe

Usage notes

Uninflected.

See also

  • pinig
  • pinsam
  • sekundärskam
  • skämskudde

References

  • Slangopedia

Source: wiktionary.org