Synonyms and Antonyms of uncomfortable
1
causing discomfort
- unfortunately, dressing up for the dance meant wearing an uncomfortable shirt
aching, hurting, miserable, nasty, painful, sore
agonizing, excruciating, torturous
distressing, disturbing, upsetting
awkward, cumbersome, inconvenient, ungainly
uneasy
chafing, cramping, itching, pinching, pricking, prickling, smarting, stinging
2
causing embarrassment
- the uncomfortable situation of running into an ex-friend at a social gathering
confusing, difficult, disagreeable, impossible, inconvenient, intolerable, troublesome, unpleasant, unwieldy
unsettling
debasing, degrading, demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying
3
lacking social grace and assurance
- a person who is uncomfortable at parties with lots of strangers
awkward, clumsy, gauche, graceless, inelegant, rough-hewn, rustic (also rustical), stiff, stilted, uneasy, ungraceful, wooden
angular, gawky, lubberly, ungainly
boorish, clownish, uncouth
abashed, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassed
self-conscious
agitated, bothered, chagrined, dismayed, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, fazed, flustered, jittery, jumpy, mortified, nervous, nonplussed (also nonplused), perturbed, rattled, unhinged, unsettled, upset
diffident, insecure, meek, modest, self-doubting, timid, unassertive, unassuming, unpretentious
assured, calm, collected, composed, confident, cool, placid, poised, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed
