squirmworthy

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squirmworthy (comparative more squirmworthy, superlative most squirmworthy)

(colloquial) That causes one to squirm with embarrassment or discomfort; embarrassing.
- 2010, Erin Downing, Kiss It, page 183:
  I could tell from Angela's horrified reaction that they'd gone into a squirm-worthy level of detail.
- 2012, Sylvia Plath Poems Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy:
  Set alongside W. H. Auden's squirm-worthy and patronising review of Adrienne Rich's first collection A Change of World […]