Uneasy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lacking a sense of security; anxious or apprehensive: The farmers were uneasy until it finally rained.
  • adj. Affording no ease or reassurance: an uneasy calm.
  • adj. Awkward or unsure in manner; constrained: uneasy with strangers.
  • adj. Causing constraint or awkwardness: an uneasy silence.
  • adj. Not conducive to rest: fell into a fitful, uneasy sleep.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Not easy; difficult.
  • adj. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
  • adj. Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
  • adj. Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not easy; difficult.
  • adj. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
  • adj. Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful.
  • adj. Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not easy either in body or in mind; feeling some lack of ease, either mental or physical; disturbed; unquiet.
  • Not easy or elegant in manner or style; not graceful; constrained; stiff; awkward.
  • Causing pain, trouble, constraint, discomfort, or want of ease; cramping; constraining; irksome; disagreeable.
  • Not easy to be done or accomplished; difficult.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
  • adj. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
  • adj. lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
  • adj. relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
  • adj. lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
  • Equivalent
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    difficult    restless    disquieted    perturbed    constrained    stiff    awkward    constraining    cramping    disagreeable   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Talese    breezy    cheesy    easy    marchese    queasy    sleazy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    uncomfortable    anxious    restless    uncertain    unhappy    suspicious    reluctant    wary    tense    ominous