uncomfortable
/ʌn'kʌmfətəbl/
Definition
Adjective 1. Causing or experiencing physical unease or mild pain: Describes something that creates bodily discomfort or a person's sensation of not being physically at ease. 2. Causing or experiencing mental unease, awkwardness, or anxiety: Describes a situation, truth, or feeling that is emotionally distressing, embarrassing, or socially awkward.
Examples
- The wooden bench was very uncomfortable to sit on for a long time.
- She felt uncomfortable in the formal dress; it was too tight.
- There was an uncomfortable silence after he asked the difficult question.
- He had to tell his friend the uncomfortable truth about the project's failure.
- The intense scrutiny from the interview panel made her feel uncomfortable.
Advanced Usage
- To be uncomfortable with something/someone: To feel uneasy, disapproving, or anxious about a situation, idea, or person.
- Many citizens are uncomfortable with the new surveillance laws.
- To make someone uncomfortable: To cause someone to feel awkward, embarrassed, or physically ill-at-ease.
- His persistent personal questions made everyone at the table uncomfortable.
Variants and Related Words
- Uncomfortably (adverb): In a manner that causes discomfort.
- The room was uncomfortably hot.
- Comfortable (adjective): The direct antonym, meaning providing or experiencing physical ease and relaxation, or free from stress or anxiety.
- Discomfort (noun): A feeling of mild physical pain or mental unease.
Synonyms
- Physically: Awkward, cramped, painful, hard.
- Mentally/Socially: Awkward, uneasy, embarrassed, anxious, distressing, disquieting.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- An uncomfortable truth: A fact or reality that is unpleasant or difficult to accept but must be acknowledged.
- The report addressed the uncomfortable truth about the company's environmental impact.
- Squirm/unsettled in one's seat: A physical manifestation of feeling uncomfortable, often used idiomatically to describe mental unease.
- The accusatory tone of the meeting had people squirming in their seats.
Adjective
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providing or experiencing physical discomfort
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an uncomfortable chair
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an uncomfortable day in the hot sun
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conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
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this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable
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the uncomfortable truth
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grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye
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an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest
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the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable
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