About The Word Uneasy
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Uneasy
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What's The Definition Of Uneasy?
[adj] not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"
[adj] lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; "farmers were uneasy until rain finally came"; "uneasy about his health"; "gave an uneasy laugh"; "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"; "an uneasy coalition government"; "an uneasy calm"; "an uneasy silence fell on the group" [adj] marked by a lack of quiet; not conducive to rest; "spent a restless night"; "fell into an uneasy sleep" [adj] causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind" Synonyms | Synonyms for Uneasy: anxious | apprehensive | awkward | ill at ease(p) | nervous | precarious | restless | strange | troubled | uncomfortable | unstable Related Terms | Find terms related to Uneasy: Uneasy In Webster's Dictionary \Un*eas"y\, a.
1. Not easy; difficult. [R.]
Things . . . so uneasy to be satisfactorily
understood. --Boyle.
The road will be uneasy to find. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like;
disquieted; perturbed.
The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and
expatiates in a life to come. --Pope.
3. Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not
graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
4. Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping;
disagreeable; unpleasing. ``His uneasy station.''
--Milton.
A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those
who approach him. --Addison.
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