UNCOMFORTABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uncomfortableness mean? 

• UNCOMFORTABLENESS (noun)
  The noun UNCOMFORTABLENESS has 2 senses:

1. the state of being tense and feeling pain

2. embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you

  Familiarity information: UNCOMFORTABLENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNCOMFORTABLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being tense and feeling pain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

discomfort; uncomfortableness

Hypernyms ("uncomfortableness" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uncomfortableness"):

incommodiousness; inconvenience (an inconvenient discomfort)

malaise; unease; uneasiness (physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression))

hangover; katzenjammer (disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol))

wretchedness (the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant)

Derivation:

uncomfortable (conducive to or feeling mental discomfort)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

self-consciousness; uncomfortableness; uneasiness

Hypernyms ("uncomfortableness" is a kind of...):

embarrassment (the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public)

Derivation:

uncomfortable (conducive to or feeling mental discomfort)