peinlich

Senso (Inglese)

1. woeful, hurtful
2. (archaic) penal, applying criminal law, having to do with jurisprudence competent for capital punishment
3. (archaic,relational) pertaining to or containing torture
4. embarrassing, cringeworthy, or otherwise awkward, perverse, adverse, untoward
5. (obsolete) crotchety, truculent
6. (adverbial,usually) meticulous

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈpaɪ̯nˌlɪç/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Pein + -lich. Similar to Dutch pijnlijk. Doublet of pingelig.