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uncomfortable(adjective, rough, painful, tricky)
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unpleasant(adjective, tough, difficult, tricky)
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worrying(adjective, difficult)
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embarrassing(difficult, tricky)
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irksome(adjective, difficult)
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harassing(adjective, difficult)
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upsetting(adjective, difficult)
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compromising(tricky, embarrassing)
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embarrassed(tricky, embarrassing)
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ill at ease(expression, idiom, tricky, embarrassing)
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inconvenient(tricky, embarrassing)
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inopportune(tricky, embarrassing)
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untimely(tricky, embarrassing)
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APASmart Define. (2015). thorny thesaurus. Retrieved September 24, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/thorny/thesaurus/synonyms
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