Meaning of cringily | Babel Free

Definitions

In a cringey manner.

Examples

“They exulted when they opened their copies of the Hahnemannian to read⟳ therein that Dr. Gould was “a tallow candle going out with a bad smell⟳,” “not honest,” "not truthful,” and that he “cringily begs for mercy.””

“Then, dancing dishonours having been equally shared by a fatarmed partially dusky hoor and a tiny earnest negroid tart (both immeasurably under wraps) emerges now 1 song, beginning and rebeginning with a moist dark tone; cringily climbing (tumbling; crazily, upyearning) collapsing: smoothly, and languidly, building…”

“THE TOURIST TRAP⟳ (T). Repeat⟳ of the cringily captivating series in which candid cameras reveal⟳ how holidaymakers from different countries react⟳ to a series of provocations, raging from petty larceny to full-frontal nudity.”

“You know⟳ the truth: you’re no different to that ageing hippy pal of your dad’s who once barged into your bedroom while you and your mates were smoking a joint and cringily demanded: ‘Hey man, pass⟳ the vibes.’”

“All the way with Paige Michalchuk doesn t have⟳ quite the same ring⟳ to it, but the new version is just as cringily awesome as the original and covers the same breadth of PSA-worthy topics at least, in its Canadian incarnation.”

“First, there’s NBC’s hit comedy The Office. NBC has already wisely figured out that the subject matter⟳ of the show⟳ – the cringily familiar misadventures of a pack⟳ of miserable office workers – naturally attracts an audience of miserable office workers;”

“Her weatherbeaten face⟳ brightens at the sight of the pair of us, whom she always calls, just a little cringily, ‘my accomplished daughter and her lovely Nick’.”

“Demi Moore’s recent self-taken Twitter snaps of herself in a bikini (inset) were cringily unnecessary – she is known for little else than looking unfeasibly good these days; no need⟳ to overdo it.”

“Will just won’t accept⟳ that Lauren fancies Simon, and hangs around cringily in the background – even when she invites Simon to join⟳ her for their free time and they share⟳ a goodbye nuzzle.”

“So far there had been a ranty poem about war that had gone on for twenty-two minutes, a cringily erotic poem from a woman who looked old enough to be her grandma, and now this.”

““Okay,” I say⟳, “and did you forget⟳ that once you announce⟳ the most senior officer on deck you don’t announce⟳ anyone else?” “I um, yeah uh,” he fumbles cringily, “it’s just I’m, I guess⟳ I thought-“”

“Oliver’s little lectures are dotted with plenty of snarky asides and cringily millennial-friendly pop culture similes (the United States uncovering FIFA soccer corruption was “like⟳ finding out that Ke$ha arrested a group of bankers involved in commodities fraud!”), but they get⟳ results.”

“He seems to know⟳ where he is in the professional ecosystem – there to join⟳ in but not to cringily attempt⟳ to be the last⟳ man standing, which means they like⟳ and respect⟳ him.”

“Samantha evaluated the size of my body thoughtfully, then proceeded to elicit donations for my going-out attire from Alison, the lone Chicagoan female, who also, as my mother would say⟳, “carried her weight in her hips.” I thought of this expression cringily, as though gravity were wrapping around our bodies like⟳ a rope.”

“As the night-take-backers applaud Steve, Laura runs out, and he follows to thank⟳ her for not delivering him to what he’d previously, cringily, called a “lynch mob.””

“To be totally and probably cringily honest, I was scared.”

“I cringily jump⟳ up and down a few times to get⟳ the douchechills out of my spine.”

“Mostly early nineties dance⟳, it’s a collection Will’s picked up from boot sales and eBay. It’s the music his mum and dad were into in what they cringily refer⟳ to as their ‘raving days’, which they were still listening to years after its time, providing the soundtrack to long car journeys when Will was a kid.”

“What if I did meet⟳ someone and things got frisky and he was like⟳, ‘You like⟳ what?’ The thought was too cringily awful to contemplate, never mind⟳ how sad it made me feel⟳.”

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