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In natural English speech, "cringe" appears in contexts such as: "was be a person-- the child of a celebrity, essentially-- and be writing a memoir, because a celebrity memoir-- like, cringe. But I felt, I guess, that there was a kind of quality of disappearing in my own life, and that if I would write this book,". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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was be a person-- the child of a celebrity, essentially-- and be writing a memoir, because a celebrity memoir-- like,

cringe.

But I felt, I guess, that there was a kind of quality of disappearing in my own life, and that if I would write this book,

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verb

To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.

“He cringed as the bird collided with the window.”

verb

To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.

“I'm cringing watching this easily Blizzard- or Square Enix-worthy new trailer for Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls Online. Not because it's bad — it's a deftly rendered slice of CGI. But it must have cost a fortune. It makes me want to say "Spend the money on knocking the game out of the park, please, not the frippery, Bethesda." But oh what frippery.”

noun

A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).

“He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.”

noun

An act or disposition of servile obeisance.

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