hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"[syn: awkward ]

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"

adjective

comfortable , unshameful

adjective

awkward , bewildering , compromising , confusing , delicate , difficult , disagreeable , discomfiting , discommoding , discommodious , disconcerting , distracting , distressing , disturbing , equivocal , exasperating , impossible , incommodious , inconvenient , inopportune , mortifying , perplexing , puzzling , rattling , sensitive , shameful , sticky , ticklish , touchy , tricky , troublesome , troubling , uncomfortable , uneasy , unpropitious , unseemly , upsetting , worrisome