mortifying in WordNet English dictionary

1. causing awareness of your shortcomings
   "golf is a humbling game"
   demeaning  humbling  humiliating  mortifying 
   
2. causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
   "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"
   embarrassing  mortifying