uncomfortable
/ʌnˈkʌmf(ə)təb(ə)l/
US pronunciation
American sound/ʌnˈkʌmf(ə)təb(ə)l/
ʌnˈkʌmfətəbəl
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- 5 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ʌn - ˈkʌmfətəbəl -> uncomfortable
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
uncomfortable / ʌn'kʌmftǝbl; US -fǝrt- / adj
၁။ သက်သောင့် သက်သာ မရှိသော။ ကသိကအောက် နိုင်သော။ uncomfortable chairs/ shoes ❍ lie in an uncomfortable position.
၂။ ကသိကအောက် ဖြစ်စေသော။ အနေရခက်သော။ Your letter was an uncomfortable reminder of what I owe you. ❍ He looked uncomfortable when the subject was mentioned.
၃။ နာလိုခံခက်သော။ an uncomfortable truth/ fact.
❏ uncomfortably / -ǝbli / adv
၁။ မသက်မသာ။ uncomfortably cramped.
၂။ (က) စိုးရိမ်စရာကောင်းလောက်အောင်။
The exams are getting uncomfortably close.
(ခ) နေရကျပ်လျက်။ ကသိကအောက် ဖြစ်လျက်။ My question made him shift uncomfortably in his seat.
More examples
- You’ll be uncomfortable for a few days after the surgery.
- She felt cold and uncomfortable.
- They were sitting in a very uncomfortable position.
- Uncomfortable clothes/shoes
- An uncomfortable-looking chair
- We spent an uncomfortable night in a noisy hotel.
- Not knowing anyone made her feel very uncomfortable.
- [uncomfortable about/with] : I’m uncomfortable about Danny going on the bus by himself.
- It was an uncomfortable reminder of his past failure.
- A long uncomfortable silence followed.
Synonyms
painful, sore, tight, rough, scratchy, itchy, bumpy, prickly, aching, afflictive, agonizing, angry, anguished, annoyed, annoying, awkward, bitter, chafed, cheerless, comfortless, confused, cramped, difficult, disagreeable, discomfited, discomposed, disquieted, distressed, distressing, disturbed, dolorous, embarrassed, embarrassing, excruciating, exhausted, fatigued, galled, galling, grievous, hard, harsh, hurt, ill at ease, ill-fitting, in pain, incommodious, irritating, miserable, nervous, pained, restless, self-conscious, smarting, stiff, strained, suffering, thorny, tired, torturing, tricky, troubled, troublesome, uneasy, unnerving, unpleasant, upset, vexatious, vexed, wearisome, weary, worn, wracked, wretched
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