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squirmworthy en · ADJ

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Etymology

From squirm + -worthy.

Meanings

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

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