Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncomfortableness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: un-com-fort-able-ness
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Discomfort, especially uneasiness associated with awkwardness, embarrassment, or self-consciousness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It took away all the uncomfortableness, and we felt mighty good over it, because it would a been a miserable business to have any unfriendliness on the raft; […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English uncomfortable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English uncomfortableness From uncomfortable + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

uncomfiness uncomfortability self-consciousness uneasiness discomfort

Questions

What does uncomfortableness mean?: Discomfort, especially uneasiness associated with awkwardness, embarrassment, or self-consciousness.
Where does uncomfortableness come from?: Etymology tree English uncomfortable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English uncomfortableness From uncomfortable + -ness.

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