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uncomfiness

uncomfiness noun: uncomfortableness.

Noun

uncomfiness (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Uncomfortableness.
    • Just so. How can the poor dear things do it? Oh, the uncomfiness to follow!(Can we date this quote?), “The Cattle Show: From “Judy’s” Point of View”, in “Judy’s” Comical Pennyworths, page 5
    • And when we think about Jesus, it’s all mixed up with that, and hard fresh collars, and uncomfiness.1924, The Expository Times, page 229

Examples of uncomfiness in a sentence

  • we all now discuss from various comfy angles comfily to our hearts’ content a singularly uncomfiness called Russia1933, E. E. Cummings, EIMI, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press Inc., published 1958, page 393:
  • I next felt the uncomfiness / Of my newly acquired / “Outie” status as I bumped belt buckles moving / My prized hired-gun-slash-“Bandido’s,” / -Slash- band leader’s so / Monster amps et speakers.2011 February 16, Chris Shaw, “From an “Innie” to an “Outie,” And Back Again”, in Street Sense, volume 8, number 8, page 11:
  • I believe that, as someone who is not oppressed by their skin color, I can deal with the uncomfiness from merely reading about these hardships.2022 May 6, Claire Hosterman, “A ‘Hell of a Book’ review”, in The O’Colly, page 6A:
  • A foot file that'll remove calluses and hard or cracked skin from your feet with some gentle, pain-free rubbing, so you can wear favorite sandals without any extra chafing or uncomfiness.2022 June 20, Emma Lord, “43 Fast-Acting Products That'll Help Solve Some Of Your Biggest Summer Problems”, in BuzzFeed:

Origin of uncomfiness

From uncomfy + -ness.

Questions about uncomfiness

What does uncomfiness mean?
Uncomfiness means uncomfortableness.
How do you use uncomfiness in a sentence?
we all now discuss from various comfy angles comfily to our hearts’ content a singularly uncomfiness called Russia
What part of speech is uncomfiness?
Uncomfiness is a noun.

Words near uncomfiness in the dictionary

  1. uncometary
  2. uncomf
  3. uncomfertable
  4. uncomfies
  5. uncomfily
  6. uncomfiness
  7. uncomformable
  8. uncomfort
  9. uncomfortability
  10. uncomfortable
  11. uncomfortableness

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