Uncomfortable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uncomfortable \Un*com"fort*a*ble\, a.
     1. Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on
        account of one's position.
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     2. Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant; as, an


        uncomfortable seat or situation.
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              The most dead, uncomfortable time of the year.
                                                    --Addison.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Un*com"fort*a*ble*ness}, n. --
        {Un*com"fort*a*bly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uncomfortable
       adj 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's presence
              at the conference made the child very uncomfortable"
              [ant: {comfortable}]
       2: providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an
          uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot
          sun" [ant: {comfortable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "uncomfortable":
     abashed, affecting, afflicted, afflictive, agitated, beset, bitter,
     bleak, bothered, cast down, chagrined, chapfallen, cheerless,
     comfortless, confused, deplorable, depressing, depressive,
     discomfited, discomforted, discomforting, discomposed,
     disconcerted, dismal, dismaying, disquieted, distressed,
     distressful, distressing, disturbed, dolorific, dolorogenic,
     dolorous, dreary, embarrassed, grievous, harsh, hung up,
     ill at ease, joyless, lamentable, mortified, mournful, moving,
     out of countenance, painful, pathetic, perturbed, piteous,
     pitiable, poignant, put-out, put-upon, regrettable, rueful, sad,
     saddening, sharp, sore, sorrowful, touching, troubled, uneasy,
     upset, woebegone, woeful, wretched