cringeful

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Tending to make one cringe; embarrassing or frightening.
    — As the audience is propelled towards a state of cringeful suspense, the script is littered with recriminations and wit.
  2. Tending to cringe.
    — He is correctly ferocious, but like all bullies cringeful before the malevolent Katisha.

词形变化

more cringeful comparative most cringeful superlative

词源

From cringe + -ful.
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