uncomfortable
un·com·for·table
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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See also
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