un|com´fort|a|ble|ness

un|com´fort|a|ble|ness
un|com|fort|a|ble «uhn KUHMF tuh buhl, -KUHM fuhr-», adjective.
1. not comfortable.
3. disagreeable; causing discomfort: »

His loyalty to the revolutionary principles made him conspicuous and extremely uncomfortable to the Bourbon Restoration (Edmund Wilson).

un|com´fort|a|ble|ness, noun.

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