
(slang) Inducing awkwardness or embarrassment cringemaking, cringeworthy, cringy. Synonyms for COOL: distant, detached, cold, dry, reserved, aloof, remote, withdrawn Antonyms of COOL: warm, social, friendly, cordial, sociable, convivial, outgoing. In Middle English especially crippled in the feet. Lam can also refer to a piece of plate armor or medieval armor like a gauntlet made by a thin metal plate, or a type of fabric of silk with threads of metal. The same French word was used in English earlier in armory as a plate of metal (1580s).

In colloquial US speech, the kind of behavior described in the question is now usually referred to as " cringe", likely from "cringeworthy" or "cringe-inducing", but the "-worthy" is now very rarely appended, as cringe has become adjectival on its own.Ĭringe (comparative more cringe, superlative most cringe) Overall, the word lame means the temporary obstruction of a function or use of a limb on account of injury or defect, or that something is uncool, poor or weak.

Twee: adjective \ˈtwē\ : sweet or cute in a way that is silly or sentimentalĬhiefly British: affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute, or quaint Įdit: Here we are, seven years later, and a neologistic adjective has come along and made all our suggestions moot. Unfortunately, says it's chiefly British, so it may not work so well universally: Find 4,420 synonyms for dangerous and other similar words that you can use instead based on 14 separate contexts from our thesaurus.

It has just the right level of contemptuous disdain. " Twee" has always been my fallback for just this situation. Synonyms for DISRESPECTFUL: rude, discourteous, inconsiderate, impolite, thoughtless, ungracious, arrogant, abrupt Antonyms of DISRESPECTFUL: civil, polite. Antonyms for lame include able-bodied, able, agile, capable, efficient, graceful, healthy, mobile, strong and walking.
