What is the meaning of uneasy?

adjective

  • Lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance.
    • usage: "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"
  • Lacking or not affording physical or mental rest.
    • usage: "a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep"
  • Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety.
    • usage: "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"
  • Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner.
    • usage: "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"
  • Relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort. .
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