Embarrassing synonyms
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Inconvenient to use; hard to handle; unwieldy
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- Inconvenient to use; hard to handle; unwieldy
- Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing
- Difficult to effect; uncomfortable:
Not pleasant or agreeable; causing discomfort
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- Not pleasant or agreeable; causing discomfort
- Ill at ease; uneasy.
- Not comfortable; feeling discomfort
Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting.
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- Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting.
Requiring considerable effort or skill; not easy to do or accomplish:
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- Requiring considerable effort or skill; not easy to do or accomplish:
- Not easy to endure; full of hardship or trouble; trying:
- Not easy to comprehend, solve, or explain:
Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
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- Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
- Difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic etc
Very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available.
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- Very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a very large choice being available.
Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
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- Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
Animated; brisk:
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Pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way:
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- Pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way:
- Having or showing a sensitive or, sometimes, finicky distaste for what is considered offensive or improper
- Easily broken or damaged:
Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive.
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- Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive.
- Requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate:
- Easily offended; oversensitive; irritable
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Requiring skillful or tactful handling; delicate:
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- Requiring skillful or tactful handling; delicate:
- Needing careful handling; precarious; delicate
- Very sensitive or easily upset; touchy
Causing mortification; extremely embarrassing.
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- Causing mortification; extremely embarrassing.
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Giving offense; indecent.
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- Giving offense; indecent.
- Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
- (Obsolete) Full of shame; ashamed.
Characterized by or causing trouble, irritation, difficulty, distress, inconvenience, etc.
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- Characterized by or causing trouble, irritation, difficulty, distress, inconvenience, etc.
- Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
Causing worry or anxiety
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- Causing worry or anxiety
- Said of a person: inclined to worry.
Not to one's liking; unpleasant or offensive.
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- Not to one's liking; unpleasant or offensive.
- Hard to get along with; quarrelsome
- Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
(--- Obs.) Not appropriate
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- (--- Obs.) Not appropriate
- Not accessible; hard to reach.
- Not favorable to one's comfort; difficult to do, use, or get to; causing trouble or bother; unhandy
Inappropriate or ill-timed; not opportune.
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- Inappropriate or ill-timed; not opportune.
- At an inconvenient or inappropriate time
- Unsuitable for some particular purpose
Incompetent, ineffective, or powerless
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- Incompetent, ineffective, or powerless
- Impossible to control; involuntary:
- Not able to help oneself; weak
Not in accord with accepted standards of decency or morality.
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- Not in accord with accepted standards of decency or morality.
- Not seemly; not decent or proper; unbecoming; indecorous
- Not suited to the circumstances; inappropriate:
Not capable of being endured, used, agreed to, etc. because disagreeable or unsuitable
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- Not capable of being endured, used, agreed to, etc. because disagreeable or unsuitable
- Not capable of being done easily or conveniently
- Extremely difficult to deal with or tolerate:
That can have more than one interpretation; having two or more meanings; purposely vague, misleading, or ambiguous
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- That can have more than one interpretation; having two or more meanings; purposely vague, misleading, or ambiguous
- Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful, incongruous.
- Characterized by a mixture of opposing elements and therefore questionable or uncertain:
Causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation:
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- Causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation:
- Disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious.
- That tends to irk; tiresome or annoying
Having two or more possible meanings
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- Having two or more possible meanings
- Open to more than one interpretation:
- Not clear; indefinite; vague
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- Not propitious; unfavourable, untimely
- Unfavorable; inauspicious:
Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.
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- Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.
- Difficult to carry or maneuver; unwieldy:
- Able or likely to stick.
- (Informal) Difficult to deal with; troublesome
- (Informal) Painful or difficult:
comfortable
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easy
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