Cringe comedies thrive on making us squirm while we laugh. They dive into those painfully awkward moments we’ve all experienced, turning social mishaps into pure entertainment. From workplace blunders ...

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Examples Did you hear that terrible joke he told! It was so cringe! When my uncle starts dancing – it’s really cringe. When she told me how she had sat in the wrong meeting for an hour before ...

You’re listening to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English, and we’re talking about the word ‘cringe’. It can be used to describe something or someone that makes you feel embarrassed.