Embarrassing synonyms
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Marked by or causing embarrassment or discomfort:
Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
(Obsolete) Full of shame; ashamed.
Not pleasant or agreeable; causing discomfort
Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting.
Causing mortification; extremely embarrassing.
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At an inconvenient or inappropriate time
Lacking a sense of security; anxious or apprehensive:
Very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available.
Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
Animated; brisk:
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Having or showing a sensitive or, sometimes, finicky distaste for what is considered offensive or improper
Very risky
Requiring skillful or tactful handling; delicate:
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Characterized by or causing trouble, irritation, difficulty, distress, inconvenience, etc.
Causing worry or anxiety.
Not to one's liking; unpleasant or offensive.
The definition of inconvenient is something that is hard to achieve, uncomfortable or difficult.
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Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
(Mathematics, dated) imaginary
Open to two or more interpretations and often intended to conceal the truth.
Disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious.
Having two or more possible meanings
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Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.
comfortable (antonym)
Free from stress or anxiety; at ease:
easy (antonym)
Causing little hardship or distress:
agreeable (antonym)
The definition of agreeable is the likeliness of a person consenting to an idea or action or the likeliness that some action will be accepted.
unshameful (antonym)
Not shameful.
To block; impede
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To hinder is defined as to restrain or hold something back.
(Sports) To block an opponent
To create a blockade against.
To block or stop up (a passage) with obstacles or impediments; dam; clog
To say in a playful or mocking way:
To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
To pose is to act as a threat or a potential problem.
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To put at a loss as to what to think, say, or do; bewilder.
Involve is defined as to include or add as a participant.
To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.
To hamper is defined as to stop someone from doing something or stop something from progressing as it should.
To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
Faze is defined as to disturb someone.
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Dumbfound is defined as to amaze someone, or to make someone speechless because of shock.
To destroy the composure of something
Discomfit is defined as to cause someone to feel uneasy or embarrassed.
To confound is defined as to confuse someone, defeat an enemy or foil a plan.
(Intransitive) To be vexed or annoyed.
(Intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
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(Informal) To upset the composure of; disconcert
To touch or handle something nervously or persistently:
To keep bringing up, going over, or returning to (a matter difficult to solve)
To confuse; agitate
To disturb; to bother or unsettle.
Bother is defined as annoy, worry, or cause discomfort.
To excite or disturb the feelings of
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To involve in a complicated situation or in circumstances from which it is difficult to disengage:
To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
To involve in difficulty
To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.
gladdening (antonym)
To be glad.
comforting (antonym)
(Law) To help; aid
pleasing (antonym)
To have the will or desire; wish:
helping (antonym)
To wait on, as in a store or restaurant:
assuring (antonym)
(Followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
encouraging (antonym)
Encourage is defined as to give someone hope, confidence or support.
paining (related)
To have or cause pain
embarrasing (related)
embarassing (related)
embarass (related)
unpleasant (related)
unfortunate (related)
frightening (related)
depressing (related)
undignified (related)
amusing (related)
unsettling (related)
Not easy to endure; full of hardship or trouble; trying:
Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant; not to be envied.
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