cringeful

Tending to make one cringe; embarrassing or frightening.

As the audience is propelled towards a state of cringeful suspense, the script is littered with recriminations and wit.

Viciously massaging conditioner through her dripping hair, Paula lets the footage play to the cringeful end.

Tending to cringe.

He is correctly ferocious, but like all bullies cringeful before the malevolent Katisha.

One email was from her brother, however, and this made Bridget both happy and cringeful since she owed him several hundred dollars for some car repairs he'd taken care of for her.