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uncomfortable

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uncomfortable
adjective
1 a high-backed uncomfortable chair:
painful, not comfortable, intolerable, unbearable, disagreeable, excruciating, agonizing, confining, cramped, Spartan.
antonyms comfortable.
2 I have always felt rather uncomfortable in her presence:
uneasy, awkward, ill at ease, nervous, tense, edgy, restless, self-conscious, embarrassed, discomfited, disturbed, troubled, upset, worried, anxious, apprehensive;
informal rattled, fazed, discombobulated, twitchy;
British, informal stressy;
North American, informal antsy;
rare unquiet.
antonyms relaxed, comfortable.
3 an uncomfortable silence:
awkward, uneasy, unpleasant, disagreeable, distressing, painful, disturbing, embarrassing, embarrassed, tense, strained, charged, worrisome, fraught;
informal sticky.
antonyms comfortable, pleasant.
uncomfortable Oxford Dictionary of English