cringe

I would cringe the same way you would if I felt [the depiction was problematic].

Maybe you managed not to cringe at his take on the Bard in Shakespeare in Love, making you a stronger person than most.

The other one is silly and perhaps because of that even more cringe-worthy.

In hindsight, it is one of the more cringe-inducing campaign promises Barack Obama ever made.

If the first 12 minutes of game footage released this month is any indication, the writing in Hardline is cringe-worthy at best.

The same amount of pride which makes a man treat haughtily his inferiors, makes him cringe servilely to those above him.

And then, that a thought should knock me prone, and make me cringe—from the mere fact of its lowness and meanness!

The captives were pale and seemed to cringe from the pale interrogation light.

My grand signior, Vouchsafe a beso las manos, and a cringe Of the last edition.

Beside a falsify may spoil his cringe, Or making of a leg, in which consists Much of his Court-perfection.