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toe-curling

toe-curling adjective: causing feelings of acute embarrassment.

Adjective

toe-curling (comparative more toe-curling, superlative most toe-curling)

  1. Causing feelings of acute embarrassment.
    • toe-curling embarrassment
    • Toe-curling for some, split-toe shoes have recently been seen in the most high fashion places.2020 October 30, Lauren Cochrane, “The return of split-toe footwear leaves fashion world cloven”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. Causing feelings of arousal or excitement (especially sexual).
    • He sipped his wine, flashed a toe-curling smile at the waitress as she picked up his uneaten plate, then gave me a somewhat darker look.2007, Keri Arthur, Kissing Sin, →ISBN

Forms of toe-curling

comparativemore toe-curling
superlativemost toe-curling

Words formed from toe-curling

Questions about toe-curling

What does toe-curling mean?
Toe-curling means causing feelings of acute embarrassment.
What part of speech is toe-curling?
Toe-curling is an adjective.

Words near toe-curling in the dictionary

  1. toe-clipping
  2. toe-clippings
  3. toe-crusher
  4. toe-crushers
  5. toe-crushing
  6. toe-curling
  7. toe-curlingly
  8. toe-dance
  9. toe-danced
  10. toe-dances
  11. toe-dancing

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