криндж noun (secondhand embarrassment)
кринджвам verb (to experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear)
раболепнича verb (to act in an obsequious or servile manner)
свивам се verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

畏縮 /畏缩 verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Czech

1 entries

schoulit se verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Dutch

1 entries

ineenkrimpen verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Esperanto

1 entries

ŝrumpaĵo verb (to experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Finnish

4 entries

säpsähdys noun (gesture or posture of cringing)
vavahdus noun (gesture or posture of cringing)
kavahtaa verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)
säpsähtää verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

French

4 entries

cringe noun (secondhand embarrassment)
se faire tout petit noun (gesture or posture of cringing)
grincer des dents verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)
gêner verb (to experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Galician

1 entries

engoumar verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

German

4 entries

Ducken noun (gesture or posture of cringing)
Erschaudern noun (gesture or posture of cringing)
Fremdscham noun (secondhand embarrassment)
Schaudern noun (gesture or posture of cringing)

Hebrew

1 entries

מבוכה יד שנייה noun (secondhand embarrassment)

Hungarian

4 entries

hőkölés noun (gesture or posture of cringing)
meghátrál noun (gesture or posture of cringing)
összerezzen noun (gesture or posture of cringing)
beleborzong verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Icelandic

3 entries

fá kjánahroll verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)
fá kjánahroll verb (to experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear)
hrylla við verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Irish

1 entries

cúb verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Italian

4 entries

raggomitolamento noun (gesture or posture of cringing)
raggomitolarsi verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)
raggricciare verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)
rannicchiarsi verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Malay

1 entries

ringis verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Māori

4 entries

hūiki verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)
maopo verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)
whakamaoko verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)
whakaririka verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

پوصمق verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Polish

1 entries

obciach noun (secondhand embarrassment)

Portuguese

2 entries

vergonha alheia noun (secondhand embarrassment)
encolher-se verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Russian

4 entries

кринж noun (secondhand embarrassment)
кукож noun (secondhand embarrassment)
содрогание noun (gesture or posture of cringing)
отпря́нуть verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Sicilian

2 entries

affruntàrisi verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)
ncunucchiàrisi verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Spanish

4 entries

alipori noun (secondhand embarrassment)
grima noun (gesture or posture of cringing)
grima noun (secondhand embarrassment)
vergüenza ajena noun (secondhand embarrassment)

Swedish

1 entries

rycka till verb (to cower, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear)

Tamil

1 entries

கிரிஞ்சு noun (secondhand embarrassment)

Sample sentences

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That ad is pure cringe.

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Why don't you calm down? You're really making me cringe.

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It made me cringe.

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I cringe every time I think about Tom.

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