adj
Meaning 1
Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The class squirmed and fidgeted in the uncomfortable new chairs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ergonomic
Standard Lemma guide
uncomfortable
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkʌmf.tə.bl̩/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkʌm.fə.tə.bl̩/
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General-American: /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/
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General-American: /ʌnˈkʌmf.tɚ.bl̩/
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adj
Meaning 2
Experiencing discomfort physically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ill at ease
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Experiencing discomfort mentally and emotionally.
Uneasy or anxious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Sharing a house with them made me uncomfortable.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ill at ease
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Experiencing discomfort mentally and emotionally.
Put off or disgusted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It was clear that the film's apparent celebration of psychopathy made many audience members uncomfortable.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
providing or experiencing physical discomfort
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an uncomfortable chair
- an uncomfortable day in the hot sun
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: comfortable
adjective
Meaning 6
conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: comfortable
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English comfortable English uncomfortable From un- + comfortable.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: غَيْر مُرِيح (ḡayr murīḥ) — not comfortable
- Armenian: անհարմար (anharmar) — not comfortable
- Azerbaijani: rahatsız — not comfortable
- Azerbaijani: naqolay — not comfortable
- Bulgarian: неудо́бен (neudóben) — not comfortable
- Catalan: incòmode — not comfortable
- Chinese Mandarin: 不舒服 (bùshūfu) — not comfortable
- Czech: nepohodlný — not comfortable
- Dutch: ongemakkelijk — not comfortable
- Finnish: epämukava — not comfortable
- French: inconfortable — not comfortable
- Galician: incómodo — not comfortable
- Georgian: არაკეთილმოწყობილი (araḳetilmoc̣q̇obili) — not comfortable
- German: unbequem — not comfortable
- German: ungemütlich — not comfortable
- Greek: άβολος (ávolos) — not comfortable
- Hindi: असहज (ashaj) — not comfortable
- Hungarian: kényelmetlen — not comfortable
- Icelandic: óþægilegur — not comfortable
- Irish: anacair — not comfortable
- Irish: aineascair — not comfortable
- Italian: scomodo — not comfortable
- Japanese: 心地よくない (kokochiyokunai) — not comfortable
- Korean: 불편하다 (bulpyeonhada) — not comfortable
- Ladin: ncomper — not comfortable
- Latin: incommodus — not comfortable
- Macedonian: неу́добен (neúdoben) — not comfortable
- Macedonian: непри́јатен (nepríjaten) — not comfortable
- Occitan: incomòde — not comfortable
- Persian: ناراحت (nârâhat) — not comfortable
- Plautdietsch: Forcht — not comfortable
- Polish: niewygodny — not comfortable
- Polish: niekomfortowy — not comfortable
- Portuguese: desconfortável — not comfortable
- Portuguese: incómodo — not comfortable
- Portuguese: incômodo — not comfortable
- Russian: неудо́бный (neudóbnyj) — not comfortable
- Russian: некомфорта́бельный (nekomfortábelʹnyj) — not comfortable
- Sanskrit: दुःख (duḥkha) — not comfortable
- Scottish Gaelic: mì-shuaimhneach — not comfortable
- Serbo-Croatian: не̏удобан — not comfortable
- Serbo-Croatian: nȅudoban — not comfortable
- Spanish: incómodo — not comfortable
- Thai: ไม่สะดวก (mâi sàdùak) — not comfortable
- Turkish: rahatsız — not comfortable
- Ukrainian: незру́чний (nezrúčnyj) — not comfortable
- Azerbaijani: rahatsız — experiencing discomfort
- Catalan: incòmode — experiencing discomfort
- German: unbehaglich — experiencing discomfort
- Hindi: असहज (ashaj) — experiencing discomfort
- Irish: aineascair — experiencing discomfort
- Macedonian: непри́јатност (nepríjatnost) — experiencing discomfort
- Russian: стеснённый (stesnjónnyj) — experiencing discomfort
- Spanish: incómodo — experiencing discomfort
- Spanish: a disgusto — experiencing discomfort
- Azerbaijani: narahat — uneasy or anxious
- Bulgarian: притеснен (pritesnen) — uneasy or anxious
- Hindi: असहज (ashaj) — uneasy or anxious
- Māori: manawarau — uneasy or anxious
- Portuguese: constrangido — uneasy or anxious
- Spanish: incómodo — uneasy or anxious
- Spanish: cohibido — uneasy or anxious
- Unami: sakomàlsi — uneasy or anxious
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