Green’s Dictionary of Slang

cringe adj.2

embarassing, awkward, usu. seen in generational terms.

Urban Dict. 🌐 Cringe When someone acts/ or is so embarrassing or awkward , it makes you feel extemely ashamed and/or embarrassed.
Bluesky 15 Dec. 🌐 Seeing a lot of [...] younger millennials bemoaning that they’re Old and Cringe now and I just want to reach out and reassure today’s youth that the best strategy for remaining relevant in a fast-paced world is to simply neverbe even faintly cool or on-trend [...] ever.