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uncomfortable feeling
Noun

Definitions

  1. 1. uncomfortable feeling
  2. 2. feeling out of place
  3. 3. malaise
A feeling that something is off, strange, or doesn't fit quite right. It describes a sense of discomfort or unease when something feels out of place, like a subtle wrongness you can't quite ignore. For example, you might feel this when something someone says contradicts what you expected.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Something about his explanation feels off, don't you think?

Sentence 2

The unusually sweet reply actually made me more uneasy, not less.

Sentence 3

Don't you think that new rule might leave people on the ground feeling unsettled?

Sentence 4

"Wait, was that a joke?" — I couldn't hide how thrown off I was!

Sentence 5

The investigation was reopened after journalists flagged inconsistencies in the subject's testimony.