toe-curling

adjective

1. informal.
   causing feelings of acute embarrassment

Derived Forms

• ˈtoe-ˌcurlingly, adverb

Example Sentences

Sabrina offered her opinion with a toe-curling shriek.

From Literature

The messages have illustrated, in sometimes toe-curling levels of detail, the way in which government figures communicate - described as "teenage with LOLS" by one Tory MP.

From BBC

“For him, a caption was a toe-curling admission of failure,” said David Leopold, the Al Hirschfeld Foundation creative director who curated the special exhibition.

From New York Times

The Telegraph said TalkTV got off to an "impressive start", but the Independent described the interview with Trump as a "toe-curling embarrassment".

From BBC

The Telegraph's Ed Power found the sequence "horribly toe-curling", describing it as "a slice of Ant and Dec-level goofing that was unforgivably indulgent".

From BBC