15
embarrassing(adjective, characteristic, embarrassment, awkwardness)
13
awkward(adjective, characteristic, embarrassment, awkwardness)
11
upsetting(adjective, characteristic, embarrassment, awkwardness)
10
unpleasing(adjective, characteristic, depression, terrible, dirty)
9
uncomfortable(adjective, characteristic, embarrassment, awkwardness)
8
excruciating(adjective, characteristic, embarrassment, awkwardness)
7
inconvenient(adjective, characteristic, depression, embarrassment, awkwardness)
7
unpropitious(adjective, characteristic, embarrassment, awkwardness)
7
humiliating(adjective, characteristic, embarrassment, awkwardness)
7
off-putting(adjective, characteristic, depression, terrible, dirty)
7
troubling(adjective, characteristic, depression, sadness, down)
7
displeasing(adjective, characteristic, depression, terrible, dirty)
7
distressing(adjective, characteristic, embarrassment, awkwardness)
7
frightful(adjective, characteristic, terrible, dirty, badly)
7
incommodious(adjective, characteristic, embarrassment, awkwardness)
7
mortifying(adjective, characteristic, embarrassment, awkwardness)
7
nasty(adjective, characteristic, terrible, dirty, badly)
7
repulsive(adjective, characteristic, disgust, horror)
7
shameful(adjective, characteristic, embarrassment, awkwardness)
7
shaming(adjective, characteristic, embarrassment, awkwardness)
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