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uneasy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Uneasy \Un*eas"y\, a. 1. Not easy; difficult. [R.] Things . . . so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood. --Boyle. The road will be uneasy to find --Sir W. Scott. 2. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like disquieted; perturbed. The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come --Pope. 3. Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as an uneasy deportment. 4. Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing. ``His uneasy station.'' --Milton. A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him --Addison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: uneasy adj 1: 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" [ant: {easy}] 2: 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" [syn: {anxious}, {nervous}, {unquiet}] 3: marked by a lack of quiet; not conducive to rest; "spent a restless night"; "fell into an uneasy sleep" [syn: {restless}] 4: not at ease socially; 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" [syn: {awkward}, {ill at ease(p)}]
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