different between uncomfortable vs ticklish
uncomfortable
English
Etymology
un- +? comfortable
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?k?mf.t?.b?l/, /?n?k?m.f?.t?.b?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?k?m.f?.t?.b?l/, /?n?k?mf.t?.b?l/
Adjective
uncomfortable (comparative more uncomfortable, superlative most uncomfortable)
- Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
- Experiencing discomfort.
- Uneasy or anxious.
- Put off or disgusted.
Usage notes
Although the word uncomfortable looks (etymonically) like one of its senses could be synonymous with inconsolable, it does not have that sense; the absence of that sense is simply a lexical gap. In parallel, the same is true of comfortable and consolable, as well as comfortability and consolability.
Synonyms
- ill at ease
Antonyms
- comfortable
- ergonomic
Derived terms
- uncomfortableness
- uncomfortably
Translations
uncomfortable From the web:
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ticklish
English
Etymology
From tickle +? -ish.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t?k(?)l??/
Adjective
ticklish (comparative more ticklish, superlative most ticklish)
- Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
- She is ticklish only on her tummy and the bottoms of her feet.
- Touchy, sensitive, or delicate.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, page 162:
- Opening round three, Enderby moved the ticklish issue of whether to advise the Hong Kong government of the intelligence regarding Ko.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, page 162:
Derived terms
- ticklishness
Translations
ticklish From the web:
- what ticklish means
- what ticklish spot
- what ticklish means in spanish
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- what causes ticklish feet
- what causes ticklish throat
- what does ticklish knees mean
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