cringe-making

/ ˈkrɪndʒˌwɜːðɪ /

adjective

1. informal.
   causing feelings of acute embarrassment or distaste

Example Sentences

While the spectacle of awards shows can be embarrassing, a cringe-making combo of self-congratulation and self-effacement, the hype always gets me in the end.

From New York Times

He said it was "cringe-making" and "awful", adding he wouldn't want to switch places with Mr Hancock.

From BBC

“It’s just cringe-making,” said Glyn Johns, the recording engineer and producer who plays a prominent role in “The Beatles: Get Back,” Peter Jackson’s marathon documentary series about the fateful Beatles sessions in 1969 that culminated in the “Let It Be” album.

From New York Times

He loved playing onstage with his mates, but he hated life on the road, hated leaving home, hated the cringe-making trappings of rock ’n’ roll — the parties, the press, the screaming girls.

From New York Times

The golden generation - how the Scots revelled in the eulogies bestowed on the Beckhams, the Lampards and the Gerrards and the whole cringe-making idea of football coming home - are gone and in their place are people who are fiendishly difficult to dislike.

From BBC