uncomfortable

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
28
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈkʌmf.tə.bl̩/
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/ʌnˈkʌmf.tə.bl̩/ · /ʌnˈkʌm.fə.tə.bl̩/ · /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ · /ʌnˈkʌmf.tɚ.bl̩/

Definition of uncomfortable

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  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.”
    “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.”
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adj

  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.”
    “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.”
  2. Experiencing discomfort.
  3. Uneasy or anxious.
    “Sharing a house with them made me uncomfortable.”
  4. Put off or disgusted.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From un- + comfortable.

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