uncomfortable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ comfortable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bəl/, /ʌnˈkʌmf.tɚ.bəl/
• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈkʌmf.tə.bəl/, /ʌnˈkʌm.fə.tə.bəl/

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Adjective

uncomfortable (comparative more uncomfortable, superlative most uncomfortable)

1. Not comfortable.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 15, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     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.

   The class squirmed and fidgeted in the uncomfortable new chairs.

2. Experiencing discomfort.
3. Uneasy or anxious.

   Sharing a house with them made me uncomfortable.

4. Put off or disgusted.

Antonyms

• comfortable
• ergonomic

Translations

not comfortable

• Catalan: incòmode (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不舒服 (zh) (bùshūfu)

• Czech: nepohodlný
• Dutch: ongemakkelijk (nl)
• Finnish: epämukava (fi)
• French: inconfortable (fr) m or f
• Georgian: არაკეთილმოწყობილი (araḳetilmoc̣q̇obili)
• German: unbequem (de), ungemütlich (de)
• Greek: άβολο (el) (ávolo)
• Hungarian: kényelmetlen (hu)
• Irish: anacair, aineascair
• Japanese: 心地よくない (ここちよくない, kokochiyokunai)
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• Korean: 불편하다 (ko) (bulpyeonhada)
• Ladin: ncomper
• Latin: incommodus
• Portuguese: desconfortável (pt), incómodo (pt) (Portugal), incômodo (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: неудо́бный (ru) (neudóbnyj), некомфорта́бельный (ru) (nekomfortábelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-shuaimhneach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: не̏удобан

  Roman: nȅudoban (sh)

• Spanish: incómodo (es)
• Thai: ไม่สะดวก (mâi sàdùak)
• Ukrainian: незру́чний (nezrúčnyj)

experiencing discomfort

• Catalan: incòmode (ca)
• German: unbehaglich (de)
• Irish: aineascair
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• Russian: стеснённый (ru) (stesnjónnyj)
• Spanish: incómodo (es) m, a disgusto

uneasy or anxious

• Portuguese: constrangido (pt) m
• Spanish: incómodo (es) m, cohibido (es) m
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put off or disgusted

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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} anóiteach
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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అసౌకర్యమైన (asaukaryamaina)