uncomfortable

快適でない、履き心地が悪い

体に痛みを感じさせたり、楽に過ごせなくしたりする。

やさしい英語で： Making your body feel pain or preventing you from relaxing.

• These shoes are uncomfortable.
• We slept on an uncomfortable mattress.
• Why are the seats so uncomfortable?

反対語： comfortable

よく使う表現： uncomfortable chair, uncomfortable shoes, uncomfortable bed, uncomfortable seat

不快な、居心地が悪い

体の状態や周囲の環境のせいで、痛みや不安を感じ、くつろげない。

やさしい英語で： Feeling pain, worry, or difficulty relaxing because of your body or surroundings.

• I feel uncomfortable in this heat.
• Her back hurt, and she was uncomfortable all night.
• Are you uncomfortable sitting there?

使い方： uncomfortable in something (I felt uncomfortable in those tight trousers.)

類義語： ill at ease

反対語： comfortable

よく使う表現： feel uncomfortable, physically uncomfortable, uncomfortable in something

気まずい、落ち着かない

ある場面で不安や恥ずかしさを感じ、落ち着けない。

やさしい英語で： Feeling worried, embarrassed, or unable to relax in a situation.

• The question made me uncomfortable.
• She felt uncomfortable discussing her salary.
• There was an uncomfortable silence after his joke.

使い方： uncomfortable about something (She felt uncomfortable about asking for money.); uncomfortable with something (He is uncomfortable with public attention.)

類義語： uneasy, awkward

反対語： relaxed

よく使う表現： uncomfortable silence, feel uncomfortable, uncomfortable about something