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UNCOMFORTABLENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
Synonyms:
self-consciousness; uncomfortableness; uneasiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being tense and feeling pain
Synonyms:
discomfort; uncomfortableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
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)
