Embarrassing Moments Vocabulary

noun a feeling of embarrassment or discomfort

verb to recoil or flinch in embarrassment or discomfort

• Her behavior at the conference made everyone cringe with embarrassment.
• I couldn't help but cringe when he told that corny joke.
• That TikTok dance was so cringe, I couldn't watch the whole thing.
• The thought of public speaking always makes me cringe.

noun a person or thing that is the subject of ridicule or mockery

• The company became a laughingstock after their failed product launch.
• He's always making silly mistakes, he's like a walking laughingstock.
• She's the class laughingstock because of her funny dance moves.
• His constant fear of failure made him feel like a laughingstock in his own mind.