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English Dictionary: uncomfortable by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uncomfortable
adj
  1. conducive to or feeling mental discomfort; "this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable"; "the uncomfortable truth"; "grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye"; "an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest"; "the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable"
    Antonym(s): comfortable
  2. providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun"
    Antonym(s): comfortable, comfy
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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