uncomfortable

comparative more uncomfortable · superlative most uncomfortable

1. Not comfortable; causing discomfort.

   The class squirmed and fidgeted in the uncomfortable new chairs.

   2 more examples

   Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.

   1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

   The coaches were filthy outside and did not appear to have been painted or washed for years. Inside there were uncomfortable seats covered with a cane-like material.

   1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 492

   Antonyms: ergonomic

2. Experiencing discomfort physically.

   Synonyms: ill at ease

3. Experiencing discomfort mentally and emotionally.
   1. Uneasy or anxious.

      Sharing a house with them made me uncomfortable.

      Synonyms: ill at ease

   2. Put off or disgusted.

      It was clear that the film's apparent celebration of psychopathy made many audience members uncomfortable.