peinlich
Meaning
- woeful, hurtful
- (archaic) penal, applying criminal law, having to do with jurisprudence competent for capital punishment
- (archaic,relational) pertaining to or containing torture
- embarrassing, cringeworthy, or otherwise awkward, perverse, adverse, untoward
- (obsolete) crotchety, truculent
- (adverbial,usually) meticulous
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpaɪ̯nˌlɪç/
Etymology
From Pein + -lich. Similar to Dutch pijnlijk. Doublet of pingelig.
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