UNCOMFORTABLY Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

uncomfortably

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as in uneasily

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Recent Examples of uncomfortably Oil prices remain uncomfortably high, but the market’s creative solutions have prevented crude from approaching its record high set in 2008. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026 Love of father and country has, in some sense, been made great again, uncomfortably so, given the political moment. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026 In 17 different instances, ESPN cut to a camera pinned on Florida offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner, so uncomfortably close the viewer could see his thoughts forming. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026 Once more Sanders got uncomfortably close to Tallman, and Tallman responded by pushing him again, Tallman recalled. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 Bartholow reported to her superiors at SEIU California that Regan stood uncomfortably close and hovered over her at the bar at a fundraiser for the state Senate leader in San Diego in March as tensions flared over the billionaire tax. — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Ken’s accidental insight hovers uncomfortably over the scene (embodied by a sleeping coworker who goes unnoticed by the canoodling couple). — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026 But the methods used in the show’s sting operations, as depicted here, uncomfortably skirt the dubious boundaries of entrapment. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026 Category 4 Hurricane Lowell is forecast to turn northward over the weekend and take a path uncomfortably close to Kauai on Labor Day. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

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The moves are sparking concern on both sides of the Atlantic, while stock markets continue to watch uneasily.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
But something about this prospect still sat uneasily with Umaga.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of uneasily

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What exactly are you supposed to do for those full seven days before a trip besides anxiously waiting to check into your flight?

— Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2026
Nelza Moktan anxiously sought information about her missing cousin, who also worked as a driver in Rasuwa.

— Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of anxiously

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Ramirez's 8-month-old daughter was critically injured in the fall but is now in stable condition.

— Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Most critically, the stifling political atmosphere Xi has created is draining Beijing’s ability to respond to emerging problems as earlier generations once did.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

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