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un·com·fort·a·ble

uncomfortable

part of speech:	adjective
definition:	If a chair makes you uncomfortable, it makes your body feel a little bad. Maybe the chair is too hard or it has a funny shape. It makes you want to sit in a different chair. If your clothes are too tight, you are probably uncomfortable too. Sometimes a thing that someone says or does can make you feel uncomfortable in a different way. It can make you feel just a little scared, strange, or embarrassed. My feet were uncomfortable in my new shoes. I wanted to take them off in school, but I couldn't.Joe doesn't like it when people argue. It makes him feel uncomfortable. antonyms: comfortable similar words: awkward
related words:	miserable
derivations:	uncomfortably (adv.), uncomfortableness (n.)

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