A Cringe

1. (countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
2. (countable, figuratively) An act or disposition of servile obeisance.
3. (countable, Britain, dialectal) A crick (“painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body”).
4. (uncountable, slang) Awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe; cringeworthiness.