uncomfortable English · revision 6953

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=early 15th century}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʌnˈkʌmf.tə.bl̩/, /ʌnˈkʌm.fə.tə.bl̩/ ''(UK)''; /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, /ʌnˈkʌmf.tɚ.bl̩/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[un-]] and [[comfortable]].^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Causing bodily or mental discomfort: the early 15th century in Etymonline, late Middle English in SOED, 1592 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Incapable of being comforted, inconsolable, is from the 1590s into the 18th century, but rare outside Shakespeare.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Feeling discomfort, ill at ease, is from 1796.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * early 15th century – causing discomfort.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1592 – inconsolable (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1796 – ill at ease.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Causing physical discomfort.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Feeling discomfort or unease; [[awkward]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Causing unease: ''an uncomfortable silence''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[uncomfortableness]]

+ * [[uncomfortably]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[comfortable]]

+ * [[comfort]]

+ * [[discomfort]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}