uncomfortable
UK/ʌnˈkʌmf.tə.bl̩//ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/
uncomfortable adjective: not comfortable; causing discomfort.
Adjective
uncomfortable (comparative more uncomfortable, superlative most uncomfortable)
- Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
- The class squirmed and fidgeted in the uncomfortable new chairs.
- Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Antonyms:
- ergonomic
- Experiencing discomfort physically.
- Synonyms:
- ill at ease
- Uneasy or anxious.
- Sharing a house with them made me uncomfortable.
- Synonyms:
- ill at ease
- Put off or disgusted.
- It was clear that the film's apparent celebration of psychopathy made many audience members uncomfortable.
uncomfortable meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
uncomfortable in Hindi
- experiencing discomfort
- असहज ashaj
- not comfortable
- असहज ashaj
- uneasy or anxious
- असहज ashaj
uncomfortable in Urdu
- بےآرام, بےچین, پریشان کن, تکلیف دہ
uncomfortable in Bengali
- uncomfortable, uneasy
- অস্বস্তিকর ośśostikor
uncomfortable in Telugu
- అసౌకర్యంగా
More languagesFewer languages
- uncomfortable in Malayalam
- സുഖപ്രദമല്ലാത്ത, സൗകര്യപ്രദമല്ലാത്ത, സുഖമില്ലാത്ത, ആശ്വാസദായകമല്ലാത്ത
- uncomfortable in Kannada
- ಸುಖವಿರದ, ಹಿತವಾಗಿರದ, ಸೌಕರ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಹದುಳವಿಲ್ಲದ
- uncomfortable in Punjabi
- ਅਸੁਵਿਧਾਜਨਕ
- uncomfortable in Odia
- ଅସ୍ବସ୍ତିକର
- uncomfortable in Sanskrit
- दुःख duḥkha
- uncomfortable in Nepali
- असहज
- uncomfortable in Arabic
- غَيْر مُرِيح ḡayr murīḥ
- uncomfortable in Persian
- ناراحت nârâhat
- uncomfortable in Thai
- ไม่สะดวก mâi sàdùak
Examples of uncomfortable in a sentence
- We spent a night on an uncomfortable sleeper between Athens and Vienna.
- The starchiness of the freshly pressed shirt made it very uncomfortable.
- I love that bedframe of yours, but the mattress is so uncomfortable!
Synonyms of uncomfortable
Antonyms
Forms of uncomfortable
| comparative | more uncomfortable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most uncomfortable |
Origin of uncomfortable
From un- + comfortable.
Words formed from uncomfortable
Questions about uncomfortable
- What does uncomfortable mean?
- Uncomfortable means not comfortable; causing discomfort.
- What is uncomfortable in Hindi?
- Uncomfortable in Hindi is असहज (ashaj). See Uncomfortable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is uncomfortable?
- Uncomfortable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce uncomfortable?
- Uncomfortable is pronounced /ʌnˈkʌmf.tə.bl̩/ (UK).
Words near uncomfortable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: uncomfortable (page history and authors); uncomfortable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অস্বস্তিকর (Bengali) (page history and authors); uncomfortable (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uncomfortable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); uncomfortable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); uncomfortable (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uncomfortable (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uncomfortable (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-uncomfortable.ogg.
Cite this entry: “uncomfortable.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/uncomfortable. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.