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Uncomfortable vs Unnerve - What's the difference?

uncomfortable | unnerve |

As an adjective uncomfortable

is not comfortable.

As a verb unnerve is

to deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble.

uncomfortable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not comfortable.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.}}
  • Experiencing discomfort.
  • Uneasy or anxious.
  • Put off or disgusted.

    • Antonyms

    * comfortable * ergonomic

    unnerve

    English

    Verb

    (unnerv)
  • To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble.
    • to unnerve the arm
  • To upset.
    • I was greatly unnerved by this.

    Derived terms

    * unnervingly