🔄 Synonyms of "Embarrassing"
7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| hardnoun | (of material or fluid) Solid and firm. |
| difficultverb | Hard, not easy, requiring much effort. |
| unpleasant | Not pleasant. |
| awkwardnoun | Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction. |
| mortifyingnoun | Causing mortification; extremely embarrassing. |
| unenviable | Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant; not to be envied. |
| stickynoun | Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Embarrassing"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| mortifyingnoun | Causing mortification; extremely embarrassing. |
| difficultverb | Hard, not easy, requiring much effort. |
| hardnoun | (of material or fluid) Solid and firm. |
| unenviable | Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant; not to be envied. |
| unpleasant | Not pleasant. |
| awkwardnoun | Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction. |
| stickynoun | Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance. |
| embarrassmentnoun | A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation. |
| shamenoun | An 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. |
| bashful | Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid. |
| humiliatingnoun | Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone. |
| demeaning | Degrading; that degrades. |
| hurtful | Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting; lacerating. |
| uncomfortable | Not comfortable; causing discomfort. |
| disconcerting | Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm. |
| uneasy | Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety. |
| disturbing | Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling. |
| distressing | Causing distress; upsetting; distressful. |
| ashamed | (chiefly of someone in trouble and undergoing punishment for doing something wrong) Feeling shame or guilt. |
| troublingnoun | distressing, worrying |
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