Synonyms of uncomfortably

uncomfortably

adverb

as in uneasily

Related Words

• uneasily
• anxiously
• apprehensively
• critically
• negatively
• cynically
• unfavorably
• disapprovingly
• disparagingly
• reproachfully
• warily
• reprovingly
• guardedly
• hesitantly
• deprecatingly
• suspiciously
• incredulously
• quizzically
• captiously
• hesitatingly
• unbelievingly
• questioningly
• dubiously
• doubtfully
• reproachingly
• skeptically
• askance
• charily
• distrustfully
• doubtingly
• sideways
• mistrustfully

Dissimilar Words

• positively
• favorably
• trustingly
• approvingly
• confidently
• trustfully
• uncritically
• unquestioningly
• sanguinely
• credulously

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of uncomfortably

With the national debt having just risen above £3 trillion, taking it uncomfortably close to the size of its GDP, the government is in no position for largesse. — Ian King, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Unlike university, security here is almost uncomfortably overbearing. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2026

But that’s language carriage horse owners and drivers find uncomfortably imprecise. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Amid the red hats, rock songs and energetic crowd, however, the president’s trip also illustrated that the Senate race in Kansas was uncomfortably close for Republicans. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

The students stirred uncomfortably at the clear breach of protocol. — Bob Woodward, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

In 1932, Carlos (Milo Quifes) is a young man in Grenada at a time when Spain is lurching uncomfortably towards an ever-increasing spiteful intolerance of homosexuality. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

There’s a slickness to the carnage that rubs uncomfortably against the film’s humanist ethos, rendering artificial (for all Shen Teng’s trembling and mouth-contorting labors) the horrific tragedies that befall its characters. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

This was the upbeat end-of-the-world movie that audiences needed at a time when the possibility of human extinction feels uncomfortably real. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026