cringy vs embarrassing

cringy

adj
  • Characterised by causing feelings of embarrassment; embarrassing. 

  • Cringing; cowardly. 

embarrassing

adj
  • Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness. 

noun
  • The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment. 

How often have the words cringy and embarrassing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )