What is the meaning of uncomfortable?

adjective

  • Conducive to or feeling mental discomfort.
    • usage: "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"
  • Providing or experiencing physical discomfort.
    • usage: "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun"
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