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| Main Entry: | uncomfortable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | painful, rough |
| Synonyms: | agonizing, annoying, awkward, bitter, cramped, difficult, disagreeable, distressing, dolorous, excruciating, galling, grievous, hard, harsh, irritating, thorny, troublesome, vexatious, wearisome, afflictive, ill-fitting, incommodious, torturing |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, easy, painless |
| Main Entry: | uncomfortable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressed, upset |
| Synonyms: | angry, annoyed, awkward, cheerless, confused, disturbed, embarrassed, exhausted, fatigued, harsh, hurt, ill at ease, miserable, nervous, pained, restless, self-conscious, sore, stiff, strained, suffering, tired, troubled, uneasy, weary, worn, wretched, aching, anguished, chafed, comfortless, discomfited, discomposed, disquieted, galled, in pain, smarting, vexed, wracked |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, content, happy |
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| Main Entry: | cheerless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressing, unhappy |
| Synonyms: | austere, black, bleak, blue, dark, dejected, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dolorous, drab, dreary, dull, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, grim, jarring, joyless, melancholy, miserable, mournful, oppressive, sad, somber, sorrowful, sullen, uncomfortable, wintry, woebegone, woeful, comfortless, dejecting, dispiriting, draggy, drearisome, in the dumps, mopey, tenebrific |
| Antonyms: | bright, cheerful, happy, uplifting |
| Main Entry: | cramped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | congested, overcrowded |
| Synonyms: | awkward, close, confined, crowded, illegible, indecipherable, irregular, little, minute, narrow, packed, restricted, small, tight, tiny, uncomfortable, circumscribed, closed in, crabbed, hemmed in, incommodious, jammed in, pent, squeezed, tucked up, two-by-four |
| Antonyms: | free, open, uninhibited, unobstructed, uncongested, uncramped, uncrowded |
| Main Entry: | embarrassing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humiliating, shaming |
| Synonyms: | awkward, confusing, delicate, difficult, disagreeable, distressing, disturbing, equivocal, impossible, inconvenient, inopportune, perplexing, puzzling, sensitive, shameful, sticky, ticklish, touchy, tricky, troublesome, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpropitious, unseemly, worrisome, bewildering, compromising, discomfiting, discommoding, discommodious, disconcerting, distracting, exasperating, incommodious, mortifying, rattling, troubling, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, unshameful |
| Main Entry: | ill at ease |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling at ease |
| Synonyms: | anxious, apprehensive, awkward, disturbed, doubtful, edgy, fidgety, hesitant, insecure, nervous, nervous, on edge*, on edge, restless, self-conscious, shy, suspicious, tense, uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsettled, unsure, discomfited, disquieted, faltering, on pins and needles, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks, out of place, unrelaxed |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, content, at ease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | painful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically or mentally agonizing |
| Synonyms: | agonizing, arduous, awful, biting, burning, caustic, difficult, dire, disagreeable, distasteful, distressing, dreadful, excruciating, extreme, grievous, hard, harrowing, hurtful, inflamed, irritated, laborious, piercing, raw, sensitive, severe, sharp, sore, stinging, tedious, tender, terrible, troublesome, trying, uncomfortable, unpleasant, vexatious, aching, afflictive, extremely bad, hurting, saddening, smarting, throbbing, tormenting |
| Antonyms: | delightful, easy, pleasant, painless |
| Main Entry: | queasy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling well; not comfortable |
| Synonyms: | anxious, concerned, fidgety, groggy, ill, ill at ease, indisposed, nauseated, queer, restless, rocky*, sick, sickly, squeamish, troubled, uncertain, uncomfortable, under the weather*, uneasy, unwell, upset, worried, bilious, green around gills, pukish, qualmish, sick as a dog |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, healthy, satisfied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | self-conscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insecure with oneself |
| Synonyms: | affected, anxious, artificial, awkward, bashful, diffident, embarrassed, mannered, nervous, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, stiff, stilted, uncertain, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsure, discomfited, ill-at-ease, out of countenance |
| Antonyms: | assured, secure, sure, unself-conscious |
| Main Entry: | sheepish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy, embarrassed |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, diffident, docile, foolish, guilty, retiring, self-conscious, shamefaced, silly, tame, timid, timorous, uncomfortable, chagrined, mortified |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, bold, unashamed, unembarrassed |
| Main Entry: | strained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forced, pretended |
| Synonyms: | artificial, awkward, difficult, embarrassed, false, farfetched, labored, put, self-conscious, stiff, taut, tense, tight, uncomfortable, uneasy, unnatural, uptight, wired*, wreck*, at end of rope, choked, constrained, hard put, in a state, nervous wreck, strung out, unglued, unrelaxed |
| Antonyms: | genuine, unforced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sore |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hurt physically |
| Synonyms: | acute, afflicted, annoying, burned, burning, critical, distressing, extreme, hurtful, inflamed, irritated, pained, painful, raw, sensitive, severe, sharp, tender, uncomfortable, unpleasant, vexatious, abscessed, aching, bruised, chafed, hurting, reddened, smarting, ulcerated |
| Antonyms: | good, well |
| Main Entry: | awkward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to handle |
| Synonyms: | annoying, bulky, chancy, cramped, cumbersome, dangerous, disagreeable, hazardous, inconvenient, perilous, risky, troublesome, uncomfortable, unmanageable, unwieldy, discommodious, hard to use, incommodious, unhandy |
| Antonyms: | convenient, easy, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | tight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sealed |
| Synonyms: | airtight, blind, cutting, fast, fastened, firm, fixed, hermetic, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, locked, proof, secure, short, shrunken, shut, sound, tied, uncomfortable, blocked, bolted, choking, clumped, cramping, crushing, hermetically sealed, nailed, obstructed, padlocked, pinching, plugged, skintight, slammed, smothering, snapped, stopped up, tied up, watertight |
| Notes: | the choice of 'tight' or 'tightly' depends on whether it is the result or the application that is emphasized; if it is an enduring state, you would use 'tight' |
| Antonyms: | loose, open, wide, unsealed |
| Main Entry: | awkward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | embarrassing |
| Synonyms: | delicate, difficult, embarrassed, ill at ease, inconvenient, inopportune, painful, perplexing, sticky*, thorny*, ticklish*, troublesome, trying, uncomfortable, unpleasant, untimely, compromising |
| Antonyms: | clever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oppressive, humid |
| Synonyms: | breathless, confined, heavy, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, stale, sticky, stuffy, sultry, sweltering, thick, tight, uncomfortable, airless, choky, fusty, stale-smelling, stifling, suffocating, sweltry, unventilated |
| Antonyms: | cool, dry |
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