uneasy

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
    causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
    marked by a lack of quiet; not conducive to rest
    not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner

Word Origin

uneasy (adj.)
late 13c., "not comforting, causing trouble," from un- (1) "not" + easy (adj.). Meaning "disturbed in mind" is attested from 1670s. Related: Uneasily; uneasiness.

Synonym

Antonym

adj.

easy

Example

1. Polls suggest that many ordinary chinese are feeling uneasy .
2. He maintains uneasy relations with his conservative grand national party .
3. Christians were initially uneasy with such academic scrutiny .
4. The dream left her with a strange , uneasy feeling .
5. You are right to feel uneasy .

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