toe-curling

adjective

1. informal,  causing feelings of acute embarrassment

Other Word Forms

• toe-curlingly adverb

Example Sentences

After toe-curling performances from Olly Alexander in 2024 and Mae Muller in 2023, their vocals were as strong as a lion's roar.

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Sabrina offered her opinion with a toe-curling shriek.

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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.

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“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.

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

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