- the difference between cringy and cringey | Learn English
"Cringy" is an adjective from the word cringe which means: to bend one's head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile manner to cause feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness to be servile or timid to make one feel uncomfortable Words such as cower, shrink, recoil, wince and flinch are used as synonyms for cringe Thus something cringe-worthy is cringy The Merriam-Webster
- The difference between cringy and cringey [closed]
Can anyone explain to me the difference between these two words? I looked up them in a dictionary but I find the both meanings to be quite similar Also, is there any difference in their pronuncat
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- Alternative to gay in expressions of disdain like thats so gay
I currently also use the word in that sense and call cringy pretentious things behaviour 'gay'; I want to stop using that word improperly So, to summarize: what is an alternative adjective I can use to communicate my disdain when faced with such things? (cringe-inducing, affected, precious, and pretentious)
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