"discomfortable" meaning in English

See discomfortable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more discomfortable [comparative], most discomfortable [superlative]
Etymology: Compare Old French desconfortable, equivalent to discomfort + -able or dis- + comfortable. Etymology templates: {{cog|fro|desconfortable}} Old French desconfortable, {{af|en|discomfort|-able}} discomfort + -able, {{af|en|dis-|comfortable}} dis- + comfortable Head templates: {{en-adj}} discomfortable (comparative more discomfortable, superlative most discomfortable)
  1. (obsolete) Causing discomfort or uneasiness Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-discomfortable-en-adj-7-AU~zSu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dis-, English terms suffixed with -able, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. (obsolete) uncomfortable Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-discomfortable-en-adj-e2F6rH0r
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: discomfortableness, discomfortably
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  "etymology_text": "Compare Old French desconfortable, equivalent to discomfort + -able or dis- + comfortable.",
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        "comparative"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
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          "ref": "1886, Algernon Charles Swinburne, The Age of Shakespeare, John Webster:",
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        "(obsolete) Causing discomfort or uneasiness"
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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        "(obsolete) uncomfortable"
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        "(obsolete) uncomfortable"
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