Cringe nausey

[Theseus]

I have heard this epithet usually used by certain women, who have posted, say, pictures of their children or grandchildren on web sites like instagram and snap chatq which the children or grandchildren, when they have grown up, find highly embarrassing. This compound is a recent variation of an adjective which describes the sensation of feeling both embarrassed or awkward (cringe) with the newly added ‘nausey’, as the reaction to such photographs perceived as socially or personally disconcerting and humiliating. ‘Cringey’ is now a common adjective widely used by all sorts of people in such contexts as:-
“Your dad wears what he calls "jeans" but are just cringey trousers made from denim”.

 

[Theseus]

I have just heard someone, prominent in the Roman Catholic Church describing Pope Francis watching a dance performed in front of the late Pope with a priest in a cassock and a nun kicking their legs in the air as ‘a cringefest’. Any ideas as well as my last post!!

 

[cougr]

I'm not sure about the nausy bit (perhaps "αναγούλα" or "ναυτία" which mean "nausea" will do) but the terms "κριντζ" and "κριντζιά" have been well and truly adopted by the younger generations (and gaining at least some traction by older generations) as a translation for "cringe". "Cringey" is rendered as "κρίντζι" (sometimes spelled κρίντζυ).

As for "cringefest" this could be rendered as "φεστιβάλ κριντζιάς". "Κριντζ φεστ" or "κριντζφεστ" are also sometimes used.