- awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable - hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"
Antonym: easy (indirect, via difficult)
- unenviable - so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy; "unenviable notoriety"
Antonym: desirable (indirect, via undesirable)