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Embarrassing

🔄 Synonyms of "Embarrassing"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
hardnoun(of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
difficultverbHard, not easy, requiring much effort.
unpleasantNot pleasant.
awkwardnounLacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
mortifyingnounCausing mortification; extremely embarrassing.
unenviableDifficult, undesirable, or unpleasant; not to be envied.
stickynounTending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.

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WordDefinition
mortifyingnounCausing mortification; extremely embarrassing.
difficultverbHard, not easy, requiring much effort.
hardnoun(of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
unenviableDifficult, undesirable, or unpleasant; not to be envied.
unpleasantNot pleasant.
awkwardnounLacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
stickynounTending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
embarrassmentnounA state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
shamenounAn uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
bashfulShy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
humiliatingnounLiable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
demeaningDegrading; that degrades.
hurtfulTending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting; lacerating.
uncomfortableNot comfortable; causing discomfort.
disconcertingTending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm.
uneasyRestless; disturbed by pain, anxiety.
disturbingCausing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
distressingCausing distress; upsetting; distressful.
ashamed(chiefly of someone in trouble and undergoing punishment for doing something wrong) Feeling shame or guilt.
troublingnoundistressing, worrying

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