Uneasy

Definition: Uneasy

Uneasy

Adjective

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".

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".

3. Marked by a lack of quiet; not conducive to rest; "spent a restless night"; "fell into an uneasy sleep".

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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "uneasy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references)

Note: Uneasy \Un*eas"y\, adjective. 1. Not easy; difficult. [Rare]. (references)

Synonyms: Uneasy

Pain

Uncomfortable, uneasy; ill at ease; in a taking, in a way; disturbed; discontented; out of humor; a; weary.

Crosswords: Uneasy

All right, so even if independent contractors are working on the Death Star, why are you uneasy with its destruction (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

The little Mexican, the girl from Vienna, or the buxom blond? Victor knew his pick, but he still felt uneasy, making love to an 80 year old woman in the body of a 20 year old girl; it's insanity (Monstrosity; writing credit: Sue Bradford; Dean Dillman Jr.)

Makes me feel uneasy. (Disease; performing artist: Matchbox 20)

Uneasy Terms (1948)

The Uneasy Three (1925)

Uneasy Money (1921)

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Books

• Advertising, the Uneasy Persuasion: Its Dubious Impact on American Society (reference)

• An Uneasy Look at Performance Appraisal/Chairman Mac in Perspective [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• The Church and the Parachurch: An Uneasy Marriage (reference)

• Uneasy Case for Progressive Taxation (reference)

• Uneasy Lies the Head (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• 20th Century with Mike Wallace - Uneasy Partners: The Press and the Military (reference)

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Music

• Uneasy Listening (reference)

• Uneasy Listening & [IMPORT] (reference)

• Uneasy Sleep (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But though men, when they enter into society, give up the equality, liberty, and executive power they had in the state of nature, into the hands of the society, to be so far disposed of by the legislative, as the good of the society shall require; yet it being only with an intention in every one the better to preserve himself, his liberty and property; (for no rational creature can be supposed to change his condition with an intention to be worse) the power of the society, or legislative constituted by them, can never be supposed to extend farther, than the common good; but is obliged to secure every one's property, by providing against those three defects above mentioned, that made the state of nature so unsafe and uneasy. (Second Treatise of Government)

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The weather does not look well, and grandmama will be uneasy.

The Chancellor bowed, but with a very uneasy air.

While the procession passed, the child was uneasy, fluttering up and down, like a bird on the point of taking flight

The man cast an uneasy glance at him, then shook his head, and resumed his journey

The men were uneasy.

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Health

Your child may be uneasy about how classmates will react to any change in appearance such as hair or weight loss, weight gain, or loss of a limb through amputation. (references)

Economic History

Lebanon

As an uneasy quiet settled over Beirut, security conditions in the south began to deteriorate. (references)

Sri Lanka

From independence, the Tamil minority has been uneasy with the country's unitary form of government and apprehensive that the Sinhalese majority would abuse Tamil rights. (references)

Zambia

A two-stage election held in October and December 1962 resulted in an African majority in the legislative council and an uneasy coalition between the two African nationalist parties. (references)

Human Rights

Chad

At year's end, following intervention by the National Mediator, there was an uneasy truce between the two communities. (references)

Political Economy

Venezuela

A central theme of Chávez's "Bolivarian Revolution" is the need for "participatory democracy." While the actual meaning of "participatory democracy" remains unclear, the Chávez government has had an uneasy relationship with civil society organizations. (references)

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Expressions using "uneasy": be uneasy ♦ become uneasy ♦ become uneasy about smth. ♦ feel uneasy about smth. ♦ grow uneasy about smth. ♦ i'm uneasy about it ♦ make smb. uneasy. Additional references.

Beginning with "uneasy": uneasy-an.

Albanian

me ankth, i shqetësuar (agitated, anxious, apprehensive, concerned, distempered, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fidgety, flurried, flustered, jittery, preoccupied, restless, troubled, troublous, vexed, worried), i parehatshëm (comfortless, incommodious, uncomfortable, unhandy), i merakosur (anxious, distraught, preoccupied, worried). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهموم (anxious, careworn, concerned, solicitous, troubled, worried), ‏متضايق (annoyed, uncomfortable), ‏مضطرب (confused, deranged, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disturbed, ill at ease, jumbled, mixed up, muddled, restive, restless, rough, troubled, tumultuous, unquiet, unsettled, upset), ‏مرتقب شرا, ‏مرتبك (agitated, baffled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, discomfited, disconcerted, disquieted, disturbed, embarrassed, lummox, perplexed, perturbed, puzzled, upset), ‏قلق (agitated, anxiety, anxious, apprehension, apprehensive, apprehensiveness, bother, concern, concerned, crankous, cranky, discomfort, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fearful, fidget, fidgety, freakish, fretful, ill at ease, inquietude, nervous, perturbation, perturbed, restless, restlessness, solicitous, solicitude, stew, streaked, suspense, sweat, toss, troubled, troublous, uneasiness, unquiet, unrest, upset, worried, worry), ‏غير مستقر (inconstant, infirm, insecure, labile, migrant, skittish, tottering, unsettled, unstable, unsteady), ‏صعب (arduous, complicate, complicated, difficult, formidable, frustrating, hard and fast, harsh, hot stuff, knotty, lean, malaise, mure, nice, outrageous, risque, rough, rum, severe, sticky, stony, tartar, tricky). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стеснен (cabined), смутен (abashed, confused, constrained, disconcerted, distraught, embarrassed, muddle-headed, muzzy, perplexed, perturbed, raddle, self conscious, sheepish, unrestful), тревожен (alarming, disquieting, troublous, unrestful, worrisome), неспокоен (anxious, apprehensive, broken, nervous, nervy, raucous, restive, restless, sleepless, spooky, unrestful, unsound, worried, yeasty), несигурен (build on sand, chancy, dangerous, disputable, dubious, equivocal, faltering, halting, insecure, irresolute, long, pendulous, precarious, problematic, queasy, risky, rocky, shaky, slippy, suspensive, tentative, top heavy, tottery, treacherous, uncertain, unreliable, unresolved, unsafe, unsettled, unsound, unsteady, unsure, untrustworthy, variable, versatile, wonky), неловък (awkward, cramped, self conscious), притеснен (constrained, fidgety). (various references)

Chinese 

�""心 (anxious, to be anxious, to worry, worried, worry), 心神不安 (unease), 忡 (distressed, grieved, sad), 不安 (disturbed, intranquil, restless, unpeaceful, unstable, worried). (various references)

Czech

znepokojující (alarming, disconcerting, grave), nepokojný (fitful, restless, troubled), nepříjemný (annoying, awkward, difficult, disagreeable, embarrassing, irksome, irritating, miserable, nasty, objectionable, sticky, troublesome, uncomfortable, uncongenial, unpleasant, unsavory, untoward, vexatious), neklidný (bumpy, choppy, disturbed, fitful, restive, restless, unearthly, unresting), nejistý (afloat, chancy, cloudy, doubtful, dubious, faltering, fluid, halting, insecure, jumpy, precarious, shaky, suspensive, tenuous, uncertain, undecided, uneven, unsafe, unsettled, unsound, unsure), úzkostlivý (anxious, fussy, meticulous, precise). (various references)

Farsi 

پریشان خیال (Absent), مضطرب (Panicky, Unruly, Vexatious), ناراحت (Distraught, Fidgety, Tense, Uncomfortable, Unhandy, Upset), بی ارام . (various references)

Finnish

rauhaton (restless), levoton (anxious, restless), huolestunut (anxious, concerned, worried). (various references)

French

non tranquille, inquiet (unhappy, unquiet), gêné, difficile (unmanageable), agité (unquiet). (various references)

German

unruhig (agitated, anxious, anxiously, bumpy, busy, choppy, fidgety, fitful, fitfully, fretful, nervy, noisily, noisy, restive, restless, skittish, skittishly, troubled, uncomfortably, uneasily, unquiet, unsettled, unsteady), unbehaglich (discomforting, ill at ease, uncomfortable, uncomfortably, uneasily). (various references)

Greek 

ανήσυχοσ (anxious, concerned, fidgety, restive, restless, squirmy, unquiet, worried, worrisome). (various references)

Hebrew 

מו�"א�' (anxious, concerned, fretful, in a stew, troubled, upset, worried). (various references)

Hungarian

kényelmetlen (awkward, comfortless, cramp, cramped, cumbersome, inconvenient, rough, uncomfortable), ügyetlen (awkward, blundering, clumsy, freshwater, fumbling, gawky, gimp, half-assed, impolitic, inexpert, left handed, lumpish, maladroit, unhandy, unskilful, unskillful). (various references)

Indonesian

tidak mudah, kuatir, gelisah (anxious, insecure, unrestful), cemas (anxious, considerate). (various references)

Italian

sconfortevole (uneasily), scomodo (awkward, comfortless, inconvenient, uncomfortable, unhandy, unintimate), preoccupato (anxious, preoccupied, solicitous, troubled, worried), inquieto (afraid, disquiet, flurries, harasses, nervous, restless, tormented, unsettles, worried), impacciato (awkward, clumsy, helpless, unwieldy), difficile (arduous, awkward, catchy, difficult, difficult to please, fastidious, hard, inconvenient, problem, rough, severe, stiff, strained, stressful, tight, tough, tricky, trying), ansioso (agog, anxious, desirous, desirously, eager, keen, longing, longingly, nervous). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

窮屈 (constrained, formal, narrow, rigid, stiff, tight). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そわそわ (fidgety, nervous, restless), きゅうくつ (constrained, formal, narrow, rigid, stiff, tight), ふあ�"�', �"�"ろもとない (unreliable, unsure). (various references)

Korean 

불안한 (insecure). (various references)

Manx

neuaashagh (awkward, difficult, discontented, restless), imneagh (anxious, concerned, nervous, scrupulous, worried), graue-aashagh (restless), anaashagh (anxious, disquiet, disturbed). (various references)

Pig Latin

easyunay.(various references)

Portuguese

receoso (afraid, apprehensive, quaky, timid, timorous, tremulant, tremulous), preocupado (care-worn, concerned, discontented, preoccupied, solicitous, worried), intranquilo (disquiet), inquieto (agitated, anxious, bustling, disquiet, fidgety, frantic, fretful, fussy, nervous, on edge, preoccupied, qualmish, restive, restless, troubled, unquiet), apreensivo (apprehensive, nervous, preoccupied, qualmish, solicitous), ansioso (agitated, agog, anxious, avid, care-worn, eager, hungry, impatient, longing, oppressing, preoccupated, solicitous, wishful, wistful). (various references)

Romanian

zbuciumat (agitated, anxious, struggling, tumultuous, unquiet, unsettled), tulburat (anxious, confused, crazy, dim, distempered, distracted, excited, keyed, ruffled, stormy, turbid, worried), stingherit (embarrassed, ill at ease, uncomfortable), stânjenit (cornered, embarrassed, ill at ease, uncomfortable), neliniştit (agitated, anxious, anxiously, broken, concerned, disquiet, fidgety, restive, restless, sorrowful, troubled, uneasily, unquiet, unquietly, upset, worried), jenant (annoying, awkward, delicate, embarrassing, painful, tedious, troublesome, uncomfortable, unpleasant), incomod (awkward, clumsy, comfortless, incommodious, inconvenient, tedious, troublesome, uncomfortable, unhandy), greu (annoying, arduous, awkward, burden, burdensome, busy, clumsy, dangerously, difficult, difficulty, fatiguing, gravely, grievous, hard, hardly, heavily, heavy, inconvenient, labored, laborious, laboured, leaden, lot, massive, massy, near, onerous, oppressive, painful, parlous, precarious, punitive, reluctantly, scarcely, seriously, severe, solid, stiff, stodgy, stolid, strenuous, stuffy, ticklish, toilful, tough, troublesome, trying, uphill, wearisome, weary, weight, weighty), chinuit (agitated, overdone, over-elaborate, unfortunate, worried, wretched), alarmat (alarmed, disquieted, troubled), îngândurat (abstracted, musing, musingly, pensively). (various references)

Russian 

тревожный (alarming, anxious, disquieting, disturbing, frightening, worried), встревоженный (Alarmed, disturbed, troubled), неудобный (awkward, difficult-to-use, incommodious, inconvenient, unchristian, uncomfortable, undesirable, unhandy), неловкий (awkward, blundering, cack-handed, clumsy, gauche, gawky, heavy-handed, maladroit, self conscious, self-conscious, ungainly, ungraceful), беспокойный (antsy, bothersome, disquiet, disquieting, fidgety, impatient, obstreperous, restive, restless, troublesome, troublous, vexatious, worrier, worrisome, worrywart). (various references)

Scottish

docair (grievous, hard, troublesome). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uznemiren (disconcerted, disquieted, disturbed, perturbed, queasy, troubled, unsettled, upset, vexed), zabrinut (anxious, concerned, preoccupied, solicitous, worried, worrisome), težak (bulky, crushing, difficile, difficult, formidable, grave, hard, heavy, hefty, kittle, labored, laborious, laboured, leaden, lumbering, ponderous, punishing, rough, swingeing, trying, weighty), nesiguran (dickey, dicky, diffident, dotty, doubtful, faltering, insecure, precarious, shaky, uncertain, unsafe, unsound, unsure, waggly, wildcat, wonky), nelagodan (ill at ease, pained, uncomfortable), mučan (heavy, laborious, nauseous, painful, teasing, thorny, troublesome, troublous). (various references)

Spanish

intranquilo (choppy, ill at ease, restive, restless, unsettled, worried). (various references)

Swedish

orolig (alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, concerned, fussy, restless, turbulent, unsettled, worried, yeasty), olustig (ill at ease, uncomfortable). (various references)

Turkish

zor (arduous, baffling, constraint, crucial, cruel, difficult, exacting, force, formidable, hairy, hard, inconvenient, knotty, main, mean, might, rough, sticky, stiff, strain, tight, trickish), tutuk (faltering, timid), tedirgin (agitated, bothersome, doubtful, in a lather, irritated, obsessed, perturbed, solicitous), sıkıntılı (annoying, constrained, cornered, dismal, distressed, dreary, Gray, grey, grueling, gruelling, troubled, troublesome, troublous, unrestful, weighty), rahatsız edici (annoying, besetting, disturbing, fraught, haunting, hot, inconvenient, irritant, irritating, noisy, pesky, plaguesome, rough, strident, uncomfortable, unrestful, worrying), rahatsız (ailing, bad, comfortless, constrained, diseased, disturbed, ill, in bad health, incommodious, indisposed, out of sorts, poorly, queer, seedy, sick, troubled, uncomfortable, unrestful, unwell, worrisome), huzursuz (anxious, ill at ease, on pins and needles, out of sorts, peaceless, restive, restless, sleepless, tremulous, unrestful, unsettled, worrisome), endişeli (anxious, apprehensive, concerned, distressed, doubting, fearful, ill at ease, obsessed, on edge, on the downbeat, overcast, perturbed, preoccupied, solicitous, suspenseful, weighty, windy, worried), endişe verici (disquieting, fraught, frowning, threatening, worrisome, worrying). (various references)

Turkmen 

biynjalyk. (various references)

Ukrainian

неспокійний (anxious, bothersome, choppy, disquiet, incommodious, nervous, obstreperous, old womanish, qualmish, restive, troubled, troublous, tumultuous, unquiet, unsettled, vexatious, worrisome), незручний (awkward, comfortless, incommodious, inconvenient, objectionable, uncomfortable), зніяковілий. (various references)

Vietnamese 

khó khăn (arduous, arduously, difficult, hard, kittle, thick, thorny), khó chịu lo lắng (uncomfortable, uneasily), không thoải mái, băng khoăn phiền phức, bứt rứt (uneasily), bực bội (fretful, resentful, uneasily). (various references)

Welsh

anesmwyth (restless). (various references)

anxia, sollicitus. (various references)

Misspellings

"Uneasy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eneasy, Neafsey, unea, uneary, Unidas. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: unsay, usnea, yeans, yuans.

-2 letters: anes, anus, ayes, easy, eyas, nays, sane, snye, syne, yean, yeas, yens, yuan.

-3 letters: ane, any, aye, ays, eau, ens, nae, nay, nus, sae, sau, say, sea, sen, sue, sun, syn, uns, use, yea, yen, yes.

-4 letters: ae, an, as, ay, en, es, na, ne, nu, un, us, ya.

+1 letter: synurae.

+2 letters: aneurysm, sunbeamy, uneasily, unsafely, unsafety, unstayed, unsteady, unswayed.

+3 letters: aneurysms, autodynes, buoyances, picayunes, recusancy, sensually, subagency, synagogue, underlays, underpays, unsayable, unshapely, unsprayed.

+4 letters: aneurysmal, buoyancies, nauseously, nurseryman, ravenously, roundelays, sanguinely, sensuality, subjacency, subtenancy, supernally, suzerainty, synagogues, unchastely, underplays, undismayed, unsteadily, urinalyses.

+5 letters: cancerously, causewaying, cavernously, countryseat, cutaneously, dangerously, dauntlessly, delusionary, inexcusably, insuperably, larcenously, masculinely, nefariously, nystagmuses, playfulness, purveyances, questionary, resultantly, subjacently, superagency, superlunary, sustainedly, tautonymies, tenaciously, unabashedly, unadvisedly, unashamedly, unceasingly, undesirably, universally, unnecessary, unseaworthy, unspeakably, unsteadying.