uncomfortable

inconfortable

Qui provoque une douleur physique ou empêche d’être confortablement installé.

En anglais simple : 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?

Contraires : comfortable

Expressions courantes : uncomfortable chair, uncomfortable shoes, uncomfortable bed, uncomfortable seat

mal à l’aise

Qui ressent une douleur, une inquiétude ou peine à se détendre à cause de son corps ou de son environnement.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : uncomfortable in something (I felt uncomfortable in those tight trousers.)

Synonymes : ill at ease

Contraires : comfortable

Expressions courantes : feel uncomfortable, physically uncomfortable, uncomfortable in something

mal à l’aise, gêné

Qui se sent inquiet, gêné ou incapable de se détendre dans une situation.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : uncomfortable about something (She felt uncomfortable about asking for money.); uncomfortable with something (He is uncomfortable with public attention.)

Synonymes : uneasy, awkward

Contraires : relaxed

Expressions courantes : uncomfortable silence, feel uncomfortable, uncomfortable about something