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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

uncomfortable

/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/

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What does uncomfortable mean?

adjective

  1. Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
  2. Experiencing discomfort physically.
  3. Uneasy or anxious.
More meanings (1)

adjective

  1. Put off or disgusted.

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IPA pronunciation

/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ʌnˈkʌmf.tɚ.bl̩/
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In the pages of books

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“An uncomfortable sort of age. Now if you’d asked my advice, I’d have said ‘Leave off at seven’—but it’s too late now.”
Lewis CarrollThrough the Looking-GlassProject Gutenberg ebook #12
In each of these chairs some uncomfortable human being lay drawn up, or stretched out, or writhing from one position to another.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
More book examples (3)
Marilla felt an uncomfortable conviction that, if she denied the appeal of that look, it would haunt her to her dying day.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45
It was a way of hers always to want to spring into any fray in which someone was made uncomfortable or unhappy.
Frances Hodgson BurnettA Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first timeProject Gutenberg ebook #146
The dreadful high collar and tight clothes which are donned all the year round, irrespective of the weather, must be very uncomfortable.
Tingfang WuAmerica, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental DiplomatProject Gutenberg ebook #609