Hypertext Webster Gateway: "uncomfortable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Uncomfortable \Un*com"fort*a*ble\, a.
1. Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on
account of one's position.

2. Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant; as, an
uncomfortable seat or situation.

The most dead, uncomfortable time of the year.
--Addison.
-- {Un*com"fort*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*com"fort*a*bly},
adv.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

uncomfortable
adj 1: conducive to or feeling mental discomfort; "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"
[ant: {comfortable}]
2: providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an
uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot
sun" [ant: {comfortable}]


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