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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective uneasy has 5 senses
- uneasy(a = adj.all) Array - 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" Antonym: easy
- uneasy(a = adj.all) restless - lacking or not affording physical or mental rest; "a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep" Derived form noun uneasiness5
- uneasy(s = adj.all) anxious, nervous, queasy, unquiet - 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" Derived form noun uneasiness5
- uneasy(s = adj.all) awkward, ill at ease - socially uncomfortable; 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" Derived forms noun uneasiness4, noun uneasiness3
- uneasy(s = adj.all) Array - relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort; Array Derived form noun uneasiness2
Derived form noun uneasiness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
uneasy, a.
- Not easy; difficult. [1913 Webster]"Things . . . so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood." [1913 Webster]"The road will be uneasy to find." [1913 Webster]
- Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed. [1913 Webster]"The soul, uneasy and confined from home,
Rests and expatiates in a life to come." [1913 Webster] - Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment. [1913 Webster]
- Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing. Milton. [1913 Webster]"A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
uneasy, adj. (uneasier, uneasiest)
1 disturbed or uncomfortable in mind or body (passed an uneasy night).
2 disturbing (had an uneasy suspicion).
1 disturbed or uncomfortable in mind or body (passed an uneasy night).
2 disturbing (had an uneasy suspicion).
Derivative
uneasily adv. uneasiness n.
THESAURUS
uneasy
abashed, afflicted, agitated, all nerves, all-overish, ambiguous, anguished, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, beefing, bellyaching, beset, bitching, borderline, bored, bothered, breathless, careful, cast down, chafing, chagrined, chapfallen, cheerless, complaining, complaintful, concerned, confused, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, depressed, disappointed, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, discontented, disgruntled, disgusted, displeased, disquieted, dissatisfied, distressed, disturbed, doubtable, eager, edgy, embarrassed, envious, excitable, excited, faultfinding, fearful, feverish, fidgety, flurried, flustered, fluttery, foreboding, fretful, fretting, frightened, fussy, grim, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grumbling, hasty, high-strung, hopped-up, hung up, ill at ease, impatient, impetuous, in a lather, in a pucker, in a stew, in a sweat, irritable, jittery, joyless, jumpy, malcontent, malcontented, misgiving, mortified, murmuring, muttering, nauseated, nauseous, nerves on edge, nervous, nervy, on edge, on tenterhooks, out of countenance, out of humor, overanxious, overapprehensive, overstrung, panicky, peevish, perturbed, petulant, pleasureless, precarious, prey to malaise, put-out, put-upon, querulant, querulous, rebellious, repelled, resentful, restive, restless, revolted, ruffled, sad, shaken, shaken up, shaky, sickened, solicitous, squirming, squirmy, stirred up, strained, suffering angst, sulky, suspect, suspenseful, tense, troubled, troublous, turbulent, unaccepting, unaccommodating, uncertain, uncomfortable, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unpatient, unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestful, unsatisfied, unsettled, unsure, upset, uptight, whiny, worried, zealousROGET THESAURUS
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Pain
N mental suffering, pain, dolor, suffering, sufferance, ache, smart, passion, displeasure, dissatisfaction, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet, malaise, inquietude, uneasiness, vexation of spirit, taking, discontent, dejection, weariness, anhedonia, annoyance, irritation, worry, infliction, visitation, plague, bore, bother, botheration, stew, vexation, mortification, chagrin, esclandre, mauvais quart d'heur, care, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, trial, ordeal, fiery ordeal, shock, blow, cark, dole, fret, burden, load, concern, grief, sorrow, distress, affliction, woe, bitterness, heartache, carking cares, heavy heart, aching heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, heavy affliction, gnawing grief, unhappiness, infelicity, misery, tribulation, wretchedness, desolation, despair, extremity, prostration, depth of misery, nightmare, ephialtes, incubus, pang, anguish, agony, torture, torment, purgatory, hell upon earth, iron age, reign of terror, slough of despond, peck of troubles, ills that flesh is heir to, miseries of human life, unkindest cut of all, sufferer, victim, prey, martyr, object of compassion, wretch, shorn lamb, in pain, in a state of pain, full of pain, suffering, pained, afflicted, worried, displeased, aching, griped, sore, on the rack, in limbo, between hawk and buzzard, uncomfortable, uneasy, ill at ease, in a taking, in a way, disturbed, discontented, out of humor, weary, heavy laden, stricken, crushed, a prey to, victimized, ill-used, unfortunate, to be pitied, doomed, devoted, accursed, undone, lost, stranded, fey, unhappy, infelicitous, poor, wretched, miserable, woe-begone, cheerless, careworn, concerned, sorry, sorrowing, sorrowful, cut up, chagrined, horrified, horror-stricken, in grief, plunged in grief, a prey to grief, in tears, steeped to the lips in misery, heart-stricken, heart-broken, heart-scalded, broken-hearted, in despair, the iron entered into our soul, haeret lateri lethalis arundo, one's heart bleeding, down, thou climbing sorrow, mirth cannot move a soul in agony, nessun maggior dolere che ricordarsi del tempo fel, sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier th, the Niobe of Nations.
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