cringe-making

cringe-making

(ˈkrɪndʒˌwɜːðɪ) or

cringeworthy

adj
informal Brit causing feelings of acute embarrassment or distaste
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cringe-making

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THIS Time With Alan Partridge (BBC1, Monday) may not have always hit the heights - but it was still consistently funnier (and more cringe-making) than The One Show!
Like the Good Morning Britain crew with their cringe-making obituary tone, talking aboutthe star she "was".
The many cringe-making situations in My Vibe, his new book of prose poems, land it into the long lineage of horny-guy maybe-autobiographical books like Henry Miller's Sexus trilogy and Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint.
I did not find Jeremy Corbyn's PMQs with Theresa May to be "cringe-making": what was cringemaking was an arrogant PM and her boorish bullying bunch of MPs.
Clean, decent shows with no smut, sex, nudity and general cringe-making eejits.
"Donald Trump, the Republican presidential aspirant and frontrunner (yes, he is!) has been vociferous in his disdain for the new secular joylessness of Christmas" Dame Joan Collins "Dame Helen Mirren may be one of our greatest actresses but she is still trapped in her teens if she thinks using the F-word when accepting an accolade is remotely appropriate - cringe-making" Former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe
The Post has a laugh on every page, but they're usually of a cringe-making nature, unfortunately.
It was Rodgers (above) who in that cringe-making documentary on Channel 5 - soon to be Liverpool's spiritual home - placed in envelopes the names of three players he predicted on the eve of his first game would let the team down.
Cringe-making comedy that would make the Brady Bunch blush.
Cringe-making adverts are often the most memorable, researchers claim.
After kissing House star Hugh Laurie, who was presenting the award, Winslet, 35, breathlessly launched into a cringe-making speech.
My son added to my embarrassment even further by downloading the cringe-making footage on Youtube...