| Pronunciation: | | un'kumftubul
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| Matching Terms: | | uncomfortableness, uncomfortably
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- [adj] providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun"
- [adj] conducive to or feeling mental discomfort; "this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable"; "the uncomfortable truth"; "grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye"; "an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest"; "the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable"
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| | Synonyms: | | awkward, bad, comfortless, discomfited, disquieting, embarrassed, ill at ease(p), irritating, miserable, painful, self-conscious, tough, uneasy, warm, wretched |
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| | Antonyms: | | comfortable, comfy |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Un*com"fort*a*ble\, a.
1. Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on
account of one's position.
2. Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant; as, an
uncomfortable seat or situation.
The most dead, uncomfortable time of the year.
--Addison.
-- {Un*com"fort*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*com"fort*a*bly},
adv.
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