cringemaking

Etymology

cringe + making

adj

  1. Inducing cringing; embarrassing.
    The couple’s attempt to consummate their marriage, predictably enough, ends in an embarrassing encounter that will snowball into a far more dire emotional exchange, all of which is depicted by Mr. McEwan in unsavory, voyeuristic terms that are as cringemaking as they are graphic. June 1, 2007, Michiko Kakutani, “Past and Present: Imperfect, Tense”, in New York Times

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