uncomfortableness
noun
un·com·fort·able·ness
ˌən-ˈkəm(p)(f)-tər-bəl-nəs,
-ˈkəm(p)(f)-tə-bəl-,
-ˈkəm(p)-fər-tə-bəl-
-ˈkəm(p)-fə-tə-bəl-,
-ˈkəm-fər-bəl-,
-ˈkəm-fə-bəl-
: discomfort
All these queer proceedings increased my uncomfortableness …—
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleThere is such a certain uncomfortableness always occasioned to the mind by stillness and mystery united …—Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Edward Bulwer-LyttonSo there is this reticence and uncomfortableness about talking about race.—Rachel Martin
Rachel MartinExamples of uncomfortableness in a Sentence
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Prepare to handle the uncomfortableness with the following: 1. a non-threatening delivery, 2.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Whenever Charles and Diana are shown together there’s a basic uncomfortableness between them.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022
Sports journalism is being reduced to tabloid fodder despite Chalmers repeatedly speaking out about his uncomfortableness with this line of questioning.
—Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 1 Aug. 2022
Even Snell’s uncomfortableness came with its own silver lining.
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022
Other than that, the kid is completely his own man, and there’s a fine balance of confidence bordering on arrogance and an uncomfortableness in his skin that Hoffman brings to Valentine.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2021
The title is clever; the uncomfortableness is essential.
—Michael Kleber-Diggs Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Whenever Charles and Diana are shown together there’s a basic uncomfortableness between them.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022
Sports journalism is being reduced to tabloid fodder despite Chalmers repeatedly speaking out about his uncomfortableness with this line of questioning.
—Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 1 Aug. 2022
Even Snell’s uncomfortableness came with its own silver lining.
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022
Other than that, the kid is completely his own man, and there’s a fine balance of confidence bordering on arrogance and an uncomfortableness in his skin that Hoffman brings to Valentine.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2021
The title is clever; the uncomfortableness is essential.
—Michael Kleber-Diggs Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
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“Uncomfortableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncomfortableness. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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