"toe-curling" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more toe-curling [comparative], most toe-curling [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|head=toe-curling}} toe-curling (comparative more toe-curling, superlative most toe-curling)
  1. Causing feelings of acute embarrassment. Translations (causing feelings of acute embarrassment): tenenkrommend (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-toe-curling-en-adj-6L6s1R70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'causing feelings of acute embarrassment': 86 14
  2. Causing feelings of arousal or excitement (especially sexual).
    Sense id: en-toe-curling-en-adj-fydgrB7F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: toe-curlingly

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