15
shameful(adjective, awkward, shocking, uneasy, dishonorable)
12
degrading(noun, verb, adjective, shocking, disgraceful)
9
outrageous(adjective, bad, shocking, shameful, disgraceful)
8
embarrassing(verb, adjective, awkward, uneasy, disgraceful)
7
defaming(noun, verb, adjective, offensive, vile)
7
dishonoring(noun, verb, adjective, offensive, vile)
6
cringeworthy
6
disgracing(verb, vile, hateful, shocking, shameful)
6
humiliating(verb, adjective, awkward, vile, hateful)
5
cheating(noun, belittling, mean action)
5
meanness(noun, cheating, belittling, mean action)
5
mocking(verb, adjective, abasing)
4
discomfiting(verb, adjective, awkward, uneasy, uncomfortable)
4
discreditable(adjective, disgraceful, dishonorable, reprehensible)
4
disgraceful(adjective, shocking, shameful, dishonorable, reprehensible)
4
dishonourable
4
scandalizing(verb, slandering)
3
ignominious(adjective, disgraceful, dishonorable, reprehensible)
3
abasing(verb, abasing)
3
discrediting(verb, slandering)
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