The Multilingual Sign Language Wordnet

Synset omw.00746047-a

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Lemmas: awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable

Definition: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

Examples:

• 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