Meanings
adjectivediscomfortable (comparative more discomfortable, superlative most discomfortable)
comparative more discomfortable · superlative most discomfortable
- obsoleteCausing discomfort or uneasiness
an assassin who misses his aim and flounders into penitence much as that discomfortable drama misses its point and stumbles into vacuity
1886, Algernon Charles Swinburne, The Age of Shakespeare, John Webster - obsoleteuncomfortable
Origin
Compare Old French desconfortable, equivalent to discomfort + -able or dis- + comfortable.
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APA
discomfortable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discomfortable
MLA
“discomfortable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discomfortable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discomfortable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discomfortable.
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