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uncomfortable

un·com·for·table

UK/ʌnˈkʌmf.tə.bl̩/ US/ʌnˈkʌm.fə.tə.bl̩/ common

adjective

1.

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”
2.

providing or experiencing physical discomfort

  • “an uncomfortable chair”
  • “an uncomfortable day in the hot sun”

Origin

From un- + comfortable.

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