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@drizztlink didn't quote you and a few other posts came in, so @ ing you to clarify

that's cringing, and it's an adjective by virtue of being... I don't remember the word for a verb ending in 'ing' functioning as an adjective but it's literally just the same thing as that for all verbs.

"Those fucking assholes"

"I'm experiencing stinging pain"

"That performance was haunting"

"I have a really loving new pet"

for example.

Again, there's a term for that but I can't remember it. I'm talking about "cringe" proper, not other forms of it. I use other forms of it as adjectives all the time. I just don't approve of people being lazy and using it as an adjective as "cringe" without modifying it to make it more fitting as an adjective to separate it from the noun and verb forms.