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embarrassing, mortifying(adj)

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"

demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying(adj)

causing awareness of your shortcomings

"golf is a humbling game"

to throw into a state of self-conscious distress

was mortified by her children's atrocious manners

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