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word uncomfortable
definition
adjective
If you are uncomfortable, you are slightly worried or embarrassed, and not relaxed and confident .
The request for money made them feel uncomfortable.
If you are uncomfortable with your counsellor or therapist, you must discuss it.
I feel uncomfortable lying.
Sandy leaned across the table, his face uncomfortably close to Brad's.
I became uncomfortably aware that the people at the next table were watching me.
He smiled uncomfortably.
Something that is uncomfortable makes you feel slight pain or physical discomfort when you experience it or use it.
Wigs are hot and uncomfortable to wear constantly.
The Metro journey back to the centre of the town was hot and uncomfortable.
...an uncomfortable chair.
The water was uncomfortably cold.
If you are uncomfortable, you are not physically content and relaxed, and feel slight pain or discomfort.
I sometimes feel uncomfortable after eating in the evening.
You may find it uncomfortable to look at bright lights.
He felt uncomfortably hot.
He awoke to find himself lying uncomfortably on a pile of firewood.
You can describe a situation or fact as uncomfortable when it is difficult to deal with and causes problems and worries.
It is uncomfortable to think of our own death, but we need to.
Such questions are uncomfortable to answer.
The decree put the president in an uncomfortable position.
inflections uncomfortablyuncomfortablyuncomfortably
cefr-level B1

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