peinlich

Nghĩa

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

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ˈpaɪ̯nˌlɪç/

Từ nguyên

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