MORTIFYING

• (adj.) causing awareness of your shortcomings

  "golf is a humbling game"

  synonyms : demeaning , humbling , humiliating

• (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"

  synonyms : embarrassing

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