The accumulation could become downright embarrassing, over a long enough time-span.
Magic also strengthens it-having it snap from my weight could be downright embarrassing.
Telling Ria her problem had been hard enough, but telling this total stranger was downright embarrassing.
Visiting flag factories can give patriotism a bad name; downright embarrassing.
At one level, it is downright embarrassing for naysayers to confess their misgivings in public.
In 2003, they were downright embarrassing, losing 29 games more than they won.
There's no question that as far as kids are concerned, parents can be downright embarrassing at times.
I still have to pretend I believe in that silly kid stuff for my grandma, but it's downright embarrassing.
Standing in the emperor's presence, it was downright embarrassing.
In the second place, when one of them is your brother-in-law it is downright embarrassing.