Synonyms: uneasy, awkward, ill at ease
Definition: socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
Usage: awkward and reserved at parties; ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know; was always uneasy with strangers
Similar words: uncomfortable
Definition: conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
Usage: this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable; the uncomfortable truth; grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye; an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest; the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable