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Meaning of 'uneasy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Uneasy [ a.]
- Not easy; difficult.
- Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
- Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
- Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.

Meaning of 'uneasy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . uneasy [ a]
Meaning (1):
- lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
Example in sentence:
  • a restless night;
  • she fell into an uneasy sleep
Meaning (2):
- lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
Example in sentence:
  • an uneasy calm;
  • an uneasy coalition government;
  • an uneasy silence fell on the group;
  • farmers were uneasy until rain finally came;
  • gave an uneasy laugh;
  • uneasy about his health;
  • uneasy lies the head that wears the crown
3 . uneasy [ s]
Meaning (3):
- causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Example in sentence:
  • an unquiet mind;
  • cast anxious glances behind her;
  • spent an anxious night waiting for the test results;
  • those nervous moments before takeoff
Meaning (4):
- socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
Example in sentence:
  • awkward and reserved at parties;
  • ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know;
  • was always uneasy with strangers

Nearby Words:

uneared unearned unearth unearthed unearthing unearthly unease uneasiness uneasity uneath

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