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noun
Discomfort, especially uneasiness associated with awkwardness, embarrassment, or self-consciousness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: uncomfiness, uncomfortability
Antonyms: none provided
noun
embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: self-consciousness, uneasiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: embarrassment
noun
the state of being tense and feeling pain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: discomfort
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
Narrower terms: inconvenience, incommodiousness, malaise, unease, uneasiness, hangover, katzenjammer, wretchedness
History
Etymology tree English uncomfortable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English uncomfortableness From uncomfortable + -ness.
Across languages
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