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Webster 1913 Edition
Uncomfortable
Un-com′fort-a-ble
,Adj.
1.
Feeling discomfort; uneasy;
as, to be
. uncomfortable
on account of one’s position2.
Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant;
as, an
. uncomfortable
seat or situationThe most dead,
– uncomfortable
time of the year. Addison.
Un-com′fort-a-ble-ness
, Noun.
Un-com′fort-a-bly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Uncomfortable
UNCOMFORTABLE
,Adj.
1.
Affording no comfort; gloomy.Christmas - the most uncomfortable time of the year.
2.
Giving uneasiness; as an uncomfortable seat or condition.Definition 2024
uncomfortable
uncomfortable
English
Adjective
uncomfortable (comparative more uncomfortable, superlative most uncomfortable)
- Not comfortable.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 15, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.
- The class squirmed and fidgeted in the uncomfortable new chairs.
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- Experiencing discomfort.
- Uneasy or anxious.
- Sharing a house with them made me uncomfortable.
- Put off or disgusted.
Antonyms
Translations
not comfortable
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experiencing discomfort
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put off or disgusted