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Synonyms for embarrassing

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High Camp

causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation

The embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

mortifying

Same sentence, swapped: The mortifying moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for embarrassing as it is used in the sentence above.

mysterious
disturbing
upsetting

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