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- embarrassing
collapse - 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" related words >
- awkward,
- baffling,
- bewildering,
- bothering,
- chastening,
- confounding,
- confusing,
- crushing,
- discomposing,
- disconcerting,
- dismaying,
- distracting,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- enigmatic,
- humbling,
- humiliating,
- humiliative,
- intricate,
- mortifying,
- mysterious,
- mystifying,
- perplexing,
- perturbing,
- problematic,
- puzzling,
- shameful,
- shaming,
- touchy,
- uncomfortable,
- upsetting,
- worrying
- crushing
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- physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing" related words >
- Herculean,
- annoying,
- arduous,
- awkward,
- backbreaking,
- besetting,
- bothersome,
- burdensome,
- chastening,
- disconcerting,
- disturbing,
- effortful,
- embarrassing,
- forced,
- grueling,
- hard-earned,
- hard-fought,
- heavy,
- hefty,
- humbling,
- humiliating,
- humiliative,
- irksome,
- killing,
- labored,
- laborious,
- mortifying,
- onerous,
- operose,
- oppressive,
- painful,
- plaguey,
- punishing,
- strained,
- strenuous,
- toilsome,
- tough,
- troublesome,
- trying,
- uphill,
- vexatious,
- wearisome
- disconcerting
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- causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience" related words >
- alarming,
- awing,
- awkward,
- baffling,
- bewildering,
- bothering,
- chilling,
- confounding,
- confusing,
- crushing,
- daunting,
- defeating,
- deterrent,
- deterring,
- discomposing,
- discouraging,
- disheartening,
- dismaying,
- disquieting,
- distracting,
- disturbing,
- embarrassing,
- enigmatic,
- fear-inspiring,
- fearful,
- fearsome,
- frightening,
- frightful,
- frustrating,
- humiliating,
- intricate,
- mortifying,
- mysterious,
- mystifying,
- overawing,
- perplexing,
- perturbing,
- problematic,
- puzzling,
- scaring,
- scary,
- startling,
- unsettling,
- upsetting
- abusive,
- atrocious,
- awkward,
- backhand,
- backhanded,
- beneath one,
- calumnious,
- chastening,
- cheap,
- contumelious,
- crushing,
- debasing,
- degrading,
- demeaning,
- deplorable,
- disconcerting,
- disgraceful,
- disturbing,
- embarrassing,
- gutter,
- humbling,
- humiliative,
- infra dig,
- infra indignitatem,
- insolent,
- insulting,
- left-handed,
- mortifying,
- offensive,
- opprobrious,
- outrageous,
- pitiful,
- sad,
- scandalous,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- shameful,
- shocking,
- sorry,
- too bad,
- unbecoming,
- unspeakable,
- unworthy of one
- aggravating,
- agitating,
- alarming,
- annoying,
- awkward,
- baffling,
- bewildering,
- bothering,
- bothersome,
- breathtaking,
- chafing,
- charged,
- cliff-hanging,
- confounding,
- confusing,
- crushing,
- discomposing,
- disconcerting,
- dismaying,
- disquieting,
- distracting,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- electric,
- embarrassing,
- enigmatic,
- exasperating,
- exciting,
- exhilarating,
- fretting,
- galling,
- galvanic,
- harassing,
- heady,
- heart-expanding,
- heart-stirring,
- heart-swelling,
- heart-thrilling,
- humiliating,
- importunate,
- importune,
- impressive,
- inflammatory,
- intoxicating,
- intricate,
- irking,
- irksome,
- irritating,
- jarring,
- jolting,
- maddening,
- mind-blowing,
- mortifying,
- moving,
- mysterious,
- mystifying,
- overcoming,
- overmastering,
- overpowering,
- overwhelming,
- perplexing,
- perturbing,
- pesky,
- pestering,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- piquant,
- plaguesome,
- plaguey,
- plaguing,
- problematic,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- puzzling,
- ravishing,
- soul-stirring,
- spirit-stirring,
- stimulating,
- stimulative,
- stirring,
- striking,
- suspenseful,
- suspensive,
- tantalizing,
- teasing,
- telling,
- thrilling,
- thrilly,
- tiresome,
- tormenting,
- troublesome,
- troubling,
- unsettling,
- upsetting,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- wearisome,
- worrisome,
- worrying
- awkward
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- not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"
- causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time"
- 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"
- not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
- lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
- difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl" related words >
- Latinate,
- all thumbs,
- blankminded,
- blunderheaded,
- blundering,
- bombastic,
- boorish,
- bulky,
- bumbling,
- bungling,
- butterfingered,
- callow,
- careless,
- clownish,
- clumsy,
- clumsy-fisted,
- confused,
- contrary,
- cramped,
- crosswise,
- crushing,
- cumbersome,
- cumbrous,
- dangerous,
- delicate,
- difficult,
- discomfited,
- discommodious,
- disconcerted,
- disconcerting,
- disturbing,
- dumb,
- elephantine,
- embarrassed,
- embarrassing,
- empty,
- empty-headed,
- fingers all thumbs,
- forced,
- formal,
- fumbling,
- gauche,
- gawkish,
- gawky,
- graceless,
- green,
- groping,
- guinde,
- halting,
- ham-fisted,
- ham-handed,
- hazardous,
- heavy,
- heavy-handed,
- hulking,
- hulky,
- humiliating,
- ignorant,
- ill at ease,
- ill-chosen,
- impractical,
- inane,
- incommodious,
- inconvenient,
- inefficient,
- inelegant,
- inept,
- inexperienced,
- inexpert,
- inkhorn,
- innocent,
- know-nothing,
- labored,
- leaden,
- left-hand,
- left-handed,
- loutish,
- lubberly,
- lumbering,
- lumpish,
- lumpy,
- maladroit,
- massive,
- massy,
- mortifying,
- naive,
- nescient,
- oafish,
- out of place,
- perilous,
- perverse,
- pompous,
- ponderous,
- precarious,
- raw,
- rigid,
- risky,
- sensitive,
- sesquipedalian,
- shamefaced,
- simple,
- sloppy,
- splay,
- sticky,
- stiff,
- stilted,
- strange to,
- tentative,
- ticklish,
- touchy,
- tricky,
- troublesome,
- trying,
- turgid,
- unacquainted,
- unapprized,
- uncomfortable,
- uncomprehending,
- unconversant,
- uncouth,
- undexterous,
- uneasy,
- unenlightened,
- unfamiliar,
- unfortunate,
- ungainly,
- ungraceful,
- unhandy,
- unhappy,
- unilluminated,
- uninformed,
- uninitiated,
- unintelligent,
- unknowing,
- unmanageable,
- unpleasant,
- unposted,
- unripe,
- unskilled,
- unskillful,
- unsure,
- unversed,
- unwieldy,
- vacuous,
- wooden
- aberrant,
- abnormal,
- abominable,
- arrant,
- ashamed,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- bad,
- base,
- beastly,
- beneath contempt,
- beneath one,
- black,
- blamable,
- blameworthy,
- brutal,
- chastening,
- cheap,
- conscience-smitten,
- conscience-stricken,
- contemptible,
- corrupt,
- criminal,
- damnable,
- dark,
- debasing,
- degrading,
- delinquent,
- demeaning,
- deplorable,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- deviant,
- dire,
- discreditable,
- disgraceful,
- disgusting,
- dishonorable,
- disreputable,
- dreadful,
- egregious,
- embarrassing,
- enormous,
- evil,
- execrable,
- fetid,
- filthy,
- flagitious,
- flagrant,
- foul,
- full of remorse,
- fulsome,
- grievous,
- gross,
- gutter,
- hardly the thing,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- humbling,
- humiliating,
- humiliative,
- ignominious,
- illegal,
- improper,
- inappropriate,
- incorrect,
- indecent,
- indecorous,
- infamous,
- infra dig,
- infra indignitatem,
- inglorious,
- iniquitous,
- knavish,
- lamentable,
- loathsome,
- lousy,
- low,
- mean,
- monstrous,
- mortifying,
- nasty,
- naughty,
- nefarious,
- noisome,
- not done,
- not the thing,
- notorious,
- obnoxious,
- odious,
- off-base,
- off-color,
- offensive,
- opprobrious,
- out-of-line,
- outrageous,
- peccant,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- rank,
- regretful,
- regrettable,
- remorseful,
- repining,
- reprehensible,
- reprobate,
- repulsive,
- rotten,
- rueful,
- sacrilegious,
- sad,
- scandalous,
- schlock,
- scurvy,
- self-accusing,
- self-condemning,
- self-convicting,
- self-debasing,
- self-flagellating,
- self-humiliating,
- self-punishing,
- self-reproaching,
- shabby,
- shady,
- shamefaced,
- shamefast,
- shameless,
- shaming,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- sinful,
- sordid,
- sorry,
- squalid,
- terrible,
- too bad,
- unbecoming,
- unclean,
- undue,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- unforgivable,
- unhappy about,
- unlawful,
- unpardonable,
- unprincipled,
- unrespectable,
- unrighteous,
- unseemly,
- unspeakable,
- unsuitable,
- unworthy,
- unworthy of one,
- vicious,
- vile,
- villainous,
- wicked,
- wistful,
- woeful,
- worst,
- worthless,
- wretched,
- wrong,
- wrongful
- provocative
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- serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope
- exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative" related words >
- acceptable,
- adorable,
- aggravating,
- aggravative,
- agitating,
- agreeable,
- alluring,
- annoying,
- appealing,
- appetizing,
- arousing,
- attractive,
- beguiling,
- bewitching,
- blandishing,
- breathtaking,
- cajoling,
- captivating,
- catching,
- challenging,
- charged,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- cliff-hanging,
- coaxing,
- come-hither,
- contentious,
- coquettish,
- desirable,
- disquieting,
- distracting,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- electric,
- enchanting,
- encouraging,
- energizing,
- engaging,
- enravishing,
- enthralling,
- enticing,
- entrancing,
- enviable,
- erotic,
- exasperating,
- exasperative,
- exciting,
- exhilarating,
- exotic,
- fascinating,
- fetching,
- flirtatious,
- galling,
- galvanic,
- galvanizing,
- glamorous,
- goad,
- harassing,
- heady,
- heart-expanding,
- heart-stirring,
- heart-swelling,
- heart-thrilling,
- humiliating,
- hypnotic,
- impetus,
- impressive,
- impulse,
- incensing,
- incentive,
- incitation,
- incitement,
- inflammatory,
- infuriating,
- interesting,
- intoxicating,
- intriguing,
- inviting,
- irksome,
- irresistible,
- irritating,
- jarring,
- jolting,
- juicy,
- likable,
- lively,
- lovable,
- maddening,
- mesmeric,
- mind-blowing,
- mortifying,
- motivation,
- mouth-watering,
- moving,
- nettlesome,
- offensive,
- outrageous,
- overcoming,
- overmastering,
- overpowering,
- overwhelming,
- perturbing,
- piquant,
- plaguing,
- pleasing,
- prepossessing,
- prompting,
- provoking,
- provoquant,
- push,
- racy,
- ravishing,
- readable,
- rich,
- rousing,
- seducing,
- seductive,
- sensual,
- sensuous,
- sexy,
- siren,
- sirenic,
- soul-stirring,
- spellbinding,
- spellful,
- spicy,
- spirit-stirring,
- spur,
- stimulant,
- stimulating,
- stimulative,
- stinging,
- stirring,
- striking,
- succulent,
- suggestive,
- suspenseful,
- suspensive,
- taking,
- tantalizing,
- teasing,
- telling,
- tempting,
- thought-challenging,
- thought-inspiring,
- thought-provoking,
- thrilling,
- thrilly,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- titillative,
- to be desired,
- toothsome,
- troubling,
- unobjectionable,
- unsettling,
- upsetting,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- voluptuous,
- winning,
- winsome,
- witching,
- worth having,
- wounding
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