1.
If you are ~, you are slightly worried or embarrassed, and not relaxed and confident.
The request for money made them feel ~...
If you are ~ with your counsellor or therapist, you must discuss it...
I feel ~ lying.
= awkward
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with/about n, ADJ -ing
uncomfortably
Sandy leaned across the table, his face uncomfortably close to Brad’s...
He smiled uncomfortably.
ADV: usu ADV adj/-ed, also ADV after v
2.
Something that is ~ makes you feel slight pain or physical discomfort when you experience it or use it.
Wigs are hot and ~ to wear constantly...
...an ~ chair.
ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf
uncomfortably
The water was uncomfortably cold.
ADV: ADV adj
3.
If you are ~, you are not physically content and relaxed, and feel slight pain or discomfort.
I sometimes feel ~ after eating in the evening...
People living or working with smokers can find it ~ to wear contact lenses because the smoke causes irritation.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
uncomfortably
He felt uncomfortably hot...
He awoke to find himself lying uncomfortably on a pile of firewood.
ADV: ADV adj, ADV after v
4.
You can describe a situation or fact as ~ when it is difficult to deal with and causes problems and worries.
It is ~ to think of our own death, but we need to...
The decree put the president in an ~ position.
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf, ADJ to-inf