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English Dictionary: uncomfortableness by the DICT Development Group
2 results for uncomfortableness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uncomfortableness
n
  1. the state of being tense and feeling pain [syn: discomfort, uncomfortableness]
    Antonym(s): comfort, comfortableness
  2. embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
    Synonym(s): self-consciousness, uneasiness, uncomfortableness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uncomfortable \Un*com"fort*a*ble\, a.
      1. Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on
            account of one's position.
  
      2. Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant; as, an
            uncomfortable seat or situation.
  
                     The most dead, uncomfortable time of the year.
                                                                              --Addison.
            -- {Un*com"fort*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*com"fort*a*bly},
            adv.
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