UNCOMFORTABLE
ADJECTIVES
► GRUMLY uncomfortable, unpleasant → 1873 Sc.
► HOPPING AROUND LIKE A GIN AT A CHRISTENING on one’s best behaviour, esp. when slightly nervous; socially uncomfortable → 1960s Aust. sl.
► ICKY sticky, cloying; unpleasant, displeasing; uncomfortable → 1929 Amer. dial.
► ISHY sticky, cloying; unpleasant, displeasing; uncomfortable → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MISEASY miserable; wretched; uneasy; uncomfortable → c1290 obs.
► ONKED uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient → 1783 Eng. dial.
► QUEERISH not well in health, rather uncomfortable → 1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► STICKY of a situation, event, issue, etc.: awkward, difficult, tricky; disagreeable, uncomfortable → 1871 colloq.
► STIFF AS A CHURCH uncomfortable, ill at ease, unrelaxed → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► UNCOMFORTABLE AS A SHORT-TAILED HORSE IN FLY TIME very uncomfortable → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► UNCOMFORTABLE AS A STUMP-TAIL BULL IN FLY TIME very uncomfortable → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► UNFEEL uncomfortable, unpleasant; coarse, rough → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UNKED ► UNKID uncouth, awkward, shy, ill-behaved; untidy; ugly; unpleasant, uncomfortable, inconvenient → 1783 Eng. dial.
► UNZIPPED uncomfortable → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► WOMBLE-CROPPED uncomfortable → 1798 Amer.
NOUNS
► HOIL an uncomfortable situation → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► HOT MESS an uncomfortable, difficult, or challenging situation → 1867
► SALT-SELLER LIFE an uncomfortable existence → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► BETWEEN HAWK AND BUZZARD in a difficult or uncomfortable position → 1856 Amer. dial.
► BETWEEN HAY AND GRASS between seasons of plenty, hence, in a difficult or uncomfortable position → 1939 Amer. dial.
► I DON’T LIKE THIS MOVIE this is unpleasant or boring; I am not happy or comfortable → 1960s US sl.
► LIKE A ONE-LEGGED MAN AT AN ARSE-KICKER’S PARTY out of place; ill at ease → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► LIKE A PICKPOCKET AT A NUDIST CAMP out of place, out of one’s element → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► FEEL LIKE A BOILED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover → 1857 Amer. dial.
► FEEL LIKE A STEWED MONKEY to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover → 1892 Amer. dial.
► FEEL LIKE A STEWED OWL to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover → 1892 Amer. dial.
► FEEL LIKE A STEWED WITCH to be physically uncomfortable or nervously exhausted; to be hungover → 1909 Amer. dial.
► HAVE ONE’S TIT IN A TIGHT CRACK to find oneself in an awkward and uncomfortable position, whether physical or emotional → c1920 Can. sl.
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