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 Definitions of uneasy  [ʌnˈi zi]  

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Definition of 'uneasy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) uneasy
not easy in body or mind; restless; perturbed.

2.  uneasy
not easy in manner; awkward; constrained.

3.  uneasy
not conducive to ease.

4.  uneasy
insecure;
an uneasy peace.

Etymology:  (1250–1300)

Definition of 'uneasy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) uneasy
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"

2. (adj) restless, uneasy
lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
"a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep"

3. (adj) anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, 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"

4. (adj) awkward, ill at ease(p), uneasy
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"

5. (adj) uneasy
relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort


Definition of 'uneasy' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) uneasy
anxious or nervous
uneasy about admitting her mistake; an uneasy feeling


Definition of 'uneasy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) uneasy
not easy; difficult

2. (adj) uneasy
restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed

3. (adj) uneasy
not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment

4. (adj) uneasy
occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing


Translation of 'uneasy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of a person or a situation etc) troubled, anxious or unsettled
When her son did not return, she grew uneasy.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: onrustig Arabic flag Arabic: مُضْطَرِب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: неспокоен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: preocupado Czech flag Czech: stísněný, neklidný German flag German: unruhig
Danish flag Danish: urolig;ængstelig Greek flag Greek: ανήσυχος, προβληματισμένο Spanish flag Spanish: inquieto
Estonian flag Estonian: rahutu Farsi flag Farsi: نگران Finnish flag Finnish: levoton
French flag French: inquiet Hebrew flag Hebrew: מוּדאָג Hindi flag Hindi: व्याकुल
Croatian flag Croatian: uznemiren Hungarian flag Hungarian: nyugtalan Indonesian flag Indonesian: gelisah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: órólegur Italian flag Italian: ansioso, agitato Japanese flag Japanese: 不安な
Korean flag Korean: 불안한, 안정되지 않은 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sunerimęs, susinepatoginę Latvian flag Latvian: nemierīgs; satraukts
Malay flag Malay: runsing Dutch flag Dutch: ongerust, ongemakkelijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: bekymret, engstelig, urol
Polish flag Polish: niespokojny Persian flag Persian: نگران Pashto flag Pashto: نارام، نا كرار، تنګ زړى،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: inquieto Romanian flag Romanian: neliniştit Russian flag Russian: беспокойный
Slovak flag Slovak: stiesnený, nepokojný Slovenian flag Slovenian: nemiren Serbian flag Serbian: uznemiren
Swedish flag Swedish: orolig,ängslig Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งไม่สบายใจ Turkish flag Turkish: rahatsız, huzursuz, endiş
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 不安的,不穩定的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: неспокійний, тривожний Urdu flag Urdu: بے چين
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: băn khoăn, lo lắng Chinese flag Chinese: 担心的,不稳定的

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