Meanings
adverbcringingly (comparative more cringingly, superlative most cringingly)
comparative more cringingly · superlative most cringingly
- In a cringing manner; while cringing.
- So as to make one cringe.
Instead, the campaign had run a couple of the most cringingly bad political commercials ever made, including one spot on the issue of abortion starring Wellstone's teenage daughter, Marcia.
2004, Bill Hillsman, Run the Other Way: Fixing the Two-Party System, →ISBN, page 11Synonyms: cringeworthily, cringily
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbSo as to make one cringe.
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cringingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cringingly
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