uncomfortable
causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
in a state of discomfort; uneasy; conscious of stress or strain.
Origin of uncomfortable
1Other words for uncomfortable
2 | awkward, nervous, discomfited, strained |
Other words from uncomfortable
- un·com·fort·a·ble·ness, noun
- un·com·fort·a·bly, adverb
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How to use uncomfortable in a sentence
If you felt deeply uncomfortable watching the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday night, you were far from alone.
CMA Awards 2020: Complete list of winners, best and worst moments | Emily Yahr | November 12, 2020 | Washington PostA lot of people have been living with things they don’t like and make them uncomfortable for a long time.
Someone out there wants to adopt your creepy toys. There’s a matchmaker for that. | Maureen O'Hagan | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostSome teachers say the races are so outside the bounds of a typical election that they are uncomfortable presenting them to their students as examples of how American democracy functions.
As the election draws near, civics and government teachers walk a fine line | Joe Heim | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostWe just need to have these uncomfortable conversations and make it okay to be around people that disagree with you.
7 life lessons on leadership during COVID and beyond | Sponsored Content: Integrate | October 26, 2020 | Search Engine LandTo me, that feels uncomfortable, because thermodynamics was developed for another purpose entirely.
The Physicist’s New Book of Life - Issue 92: Frontiers | Michael Brooks | October 21, 2020 | Nautilus
I was pregnant, uncomfortably so, for the first time and with twins, due the following March.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 | Vicky Ward | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe anecdotes all reveal something uncomfortably schizophrenic about our world…but even so: what has gotten into this woman?
But not all males are predators: again, this sounds uncomfortably blanket and paranoid.
Exclusive: ‘X-Men’ Sex Abuse Lawyer Says He Was Assaulted, Too | Tim Teeman | May 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRailing against bigness is the easy part, as the Tea Party is now uncomfortably aware.
Supersize Me, Your Honor: Liebeck v. McDonald’s and Our Era of Ambition | James Poulos | October 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis handful of devoted aides have headed for their cars, and he is by himself on this uncomfortably warm Wednesday night.
The Man Oswald First Tried to Kill Before JFK | Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis | October 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe question was put rather testily and caused the other to shift uncomfortably before making answer.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxMax was uncomfortably conscious of it, but tried to ignore it and give his thoughts to what he was reading.
Elsie's Vacation and After Events | Martha FinleyFor it had begun to strike her rather uncomfortably that what she had undertaken was all but an impossibility.
Robin Redbreast | Mary Louisa MolesworthInstead, she found him with his eyes set profoundly on her, until she became uncomfortably conscious of this increasing curiosity.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonAnd Miss Anne felt uncomfortably that this extraordinary young person was steadily measuring her from head to foot.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | John Fox, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for uncomfortable
/ (ʌnˈkʌmftəbəl) /
not comfortable
feeling or causing discomfort or unease; disquieting
Derived forms of uncomfortable
- uncomfortableness, noun
- uncomfortably, adverb
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