embarrassing

  • (s) hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
    • awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
    • an awkward pause followed his remark
    • a sticky question
    • in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
    unenviable, sticky, awkward,
  • (s) causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
    • the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles
    • it was mortifying to know he had heard every word
    mortifying,

Synonyms

unenviable sticky awkward mortifying

Words of close approximity

embarrassingly