unmentionable
adjective /ʌnˈmen.ʃən.ə.bl̩/Definition
› shocking and embarrassing and therefore not allowed or disapproved of as a subject of conversation: What's the matter with him - or is it some unmentionable disease that he doesn't like people to know about?Saddening, shocking and upsetting
(Definition of unmentionable adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- a cloud hanging over sb idiom
- affecting adjective
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- be cold comfort idiom
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- bruising adjective
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- ego trip noun
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- horrifying adjective
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- hurtful adjective
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- vanity noun (SELFISH)
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