Discomfortable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing discomfort or uneasiness obsolete

    "an assassin who misses his aim and flounders into penitence much as that discomfortable drama misses its point and stumbles into vacuity"

  2. 2
    uncomfortable obsolete

Example

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"an assassin who misses his aim and flounders into penitence much as that discomfortable drama misses its point and stumbles into vacuity"

Etymology

Compare Old French desconfortable, equivalent to discomfort + -able or dis- + comfortable.

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