Embarrassing
Embarrassing adjective - Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment.
Hard and embarrassing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Embarrassing".
Hard
Hard adjective - Not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure.
Usage example: why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
Embarrassing and hard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Embarrassing" instead an adjective "Hard".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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It's hard to tell if the real name of The Kid in the cowboy drama The Young Riders is embarrassing, but we can assume so, given the lengths he goes to to conceal it.
Source: Embarrassing First Name -
Joe later in turn tells Grandmere that she was being too hard on Mia since Josh was the one who led to the embarrassing photos, and Mia was a victim.
Source: Film / The Princess Diaries - Synopsis: "You have no idea how embarrassing it is to be an angel who can't even fly on his own." Pit had learned the hard way that flightless angels weren't generally treated well in Skyworld.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Kid Icarus
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