Dictionary Definition
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
uncomfortable (more uncomfortable, most uncomfortable)- not comfortable
- experiencing discomfort
- uneasy or anxious
- put off or disgusted
Translations
- German: unbequem
- Telugu: అసౌకర్యమైన (asaukaryamaina)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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