adjective#2,376 by frequency
peinlich
/ˈpaɪ̯nˌlɪç/
embarrassing, cringeworthy, or otherwise awkward, perverse, adverse, untoward; woeful, hurtful
- comparative
- peinlicher
- superlative
- am peinlichsten
Meanings
- 1
embarrassing, cringeworthy, or otherwise awkward, perverse, adverse, untoward
Sie findet ihre Eltern peinlich.
She finds her parents embarrassing.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Die Situation war sehr peinlich.
The situation was very embarrassing.
Tatoeba · Hans07 · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
woeful, hurtful
- 3
penal, applying criminal law, having to do with jurisprudence competent for capital punishmentrare
- 4
pertaining to or containing torturerare
- 5
crotchety, truculentrare
- 6
meticulousrare