uncomfortable
adjUK /ʌnˈkʌmf.tə.bl̩/ · US /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/
Etymology From un- + comfortable.
1
Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
- The class squirmed and fidgeted in the uncomfortable new chairs.
- 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.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
1 more example
- The coaches were filthy outside and did not appear to have been painted or washed for years. Inside there were uncomfortable seats covered with a cane-like material.1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 492:
2
Experiencing discomfort physically.
› Experiencing discomfort mentally and emotionally.
3
Uneasy or anxious.
- Sharing a house with them made me uncomfortable.
4
Put off or disgusted.
- It was clear that the film's apparent celebration of psychopathy made many audience members uncomfortable.
- Antonyms
- comfortable
- Derived terms
- uncomfortableness, uncomfortably
- Related terms
- discomfortable