toe-curling
adjective
causing feelings of acute embarrassment
toe-curlingly
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a word derived from
toe-curling.
Example Sentences
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It was called "the worst programme ever made", "toe-curlingly naff", and criticised for alleged misogyny and shallow characters.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2023
The Guardian declared the movie "toe-curlingly, teeth-furringly, pillow-bitingly ghastly," while the Daily Mail said that the film "takes the romance of the century and turns it into a cheap, shonky and unintentionally hilarious filmus horribilis."
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2021
It was so toe-curlingly cringeworthy, such a crushing humiliation.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2020
It’s odd, because the show seems to have ambitions and glimmerings of quality, and the acting, outside of the toe-curlingly awful dialogue, is not bad at all.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2014
"I remember seeing a programme on VH1 that brought dead bands back to life, and it was toe-curlingly embarrassing," says Godley.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2012
