uncomfortableness

2 definitions found

uncomfortableness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Uncomfortable \Un*com"fort*a*ble\, a.
     1. Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on
        account of one's position.
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     2. Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant; as, an
        uncomfortable seat or situation.
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              The most dead, uncomfortable time of the year.
                                                    --Addison.
        [1913 Webster] -- Un*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. --
        Un*com"fort*a*bly, adv.
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uncomfortableness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  uncomfortableness
      n 1: the state of being tense and feeling pain [syn:
           discomfort, uncomfortableness] [ant: comfort,
           comfortableness]
      2: embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are
         critically aware of you [syn: self-consciousness,
         uneasiness, uncomfortableness]