Uneasiness

Definition: Uneasiness

Uneasiness

Noun

1. Feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable.

2. Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).

3. Embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you.

4. The trait of seeming ill at ease.

5. Inability to rest or relax or be still.

Date "uneasiness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms: Uneasiness

Synonyms: disquiet (n), disquietude (n), edginess (n), inquietude (n), malaise (n), restlessness (n), self-consciousness (n), uncomfortableness (n), unease (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Pain	Displeasure, dissatisfaction, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet; malaise; inquietude, uneasiness, vexation of spirit; taking; discontent.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Author	Quotation
Jean De La BruyFre	We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
William Hazlitt	The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	But it is impossible not to feel uneasiness.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	He looked in wonder at angry people, wonder and uneasiness, as normal people look at the insane.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	I expressed my uneasiness at his giving me so often the appellation of Yahoo, an odious animal for which I had so utter a hatred and contempt.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The slow progress of the South African Government in addressing its own land reform programs, has created a measure of uneasiness amongst organized agriculture in South Africa and degree of uncertainty for the future. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Uneasiness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.92% of the time. "Uneasiness" is used about 93 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.92%	92	34,282
Noun (proper)	1.08%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	93	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "uneasiness".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Doeg	N/A	Biblical	Who acts with uneasiness
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "uneasiness": a certain uneasiness of mind. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "uneasiness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zor (coercion, compulsion, constraint, difficulty, embarrassment, tension), shqetësim (affliction, agitation, anxiety, bother, care, concern, discomfort, discomposure, displeasure, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, distress, disturbance, fash, fear, feeling, fidget, flurry, fret, Fry, harassment, inconvenience, inquietude, moil, perturbation, plague, preoccupation, qualm, restlessness, solicitude, trepidation, trouble, tumult, turmoil, unrest, vexation, worry), ankth (anguish, anxiety, Ardor, ardour, dismay, distress, fuss, incubus, inquietude, jitters, nervosity, night-hag, nightmare, obsession, overanxiety, trepidation, unrest). (various references)

Arabic		‏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, uneasy, unquiet, unrest, upset, worried, worry), ‏ضعف (attenuation, backwardness, crack, craze, debility, decrepitude, defect, delicacy, emaciation, enervation, failing, failure, fainting, feebleness, flabbiness, flightiness, frailness, frailty, grogginess, imitators, impairment, impotence, inadequacy, incapability, infirmity, lameness, languor, limp, limpness, shakiness, sickliness, sleeplessness, tenuousness, twice, weak spot, weaklings, weakness), ‏إضطراب (coil, disorder, distraction, disturbance, dust, flurry, flutter, ill, nervousness, perturbation, ramp, rout, ruction, ruffle, topsy turvy, topsy-turvydom, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, uproar), ‏إرتباك (awkwardness, bewilderment, confusion, constraint, disruption, distraction, embarrassment, foolishness, involvement, morass, mystification, nonplus, perplexity, pink, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, self consciousness, shame, shyness, spot, tangle). (various references)

Bulgarian		стеснение (abashment, constraint, qualm, stenosis), смущение (abashment, alarm, bewilderment, confusion, discomposure, disorder, disturbance, embarrassment, intimidation, muddle, perplexity, perturbation, ruffle, upset), тревога (agitation, alarm, alert, anxiety, dismay, disquiet, disturbance, flurry, fluster, inquietude, perturbation, trepidation, trouble, unrest, worriment, worry), опасение (apprehension, contemplation, fear, misgiving, qualm), неудобство (awkwardness, disadvantage, discomfiture, discomfort, inconvenience, nuisance, trouble), неловкост (awkwardness), безпокойство (alarm, anxiety, bother, care, concernment, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fash, harassment, inconvenience, inquietude, malaise, plague, qualm, ruffle, trepidation, trouble, upset, whim-wham, worriment, worrit, worry). (various references)

Chinese		拘束, 不自在 . (various references)

Czech		znepokojení (concern, discomposure), neklid (alarm, anxiety, discomfort, disquiet, ferment, inquietude, jactation, jactitation, malaise, unrest, worry). (various references)

Finnish		levottomuus (anxiety, disturbance, restlessness). (various references)

French		malaise, inquiétude (unquiet, unrest). (various references)

German		Unbehagen (anxiety, discomfiture, discomfort, discomforts, discontent, disquiet, malaise, unease), Unruhe (about, agitation, anxiety, concern (at, disorderliness, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, ferment, fermentation, fidget, fidgetiness, fretfulness, noise, perturbation, restiveness, restlessness, ruckus, skittishness, trouble, turbulence, unease, unrest, worry). (various references)

Greek		ανησυχία (anxiety, apprehension, concern, concernment, dismay, disquiet, disquietude, inquietude, nervousness, restlessness, trouble, unrest, worriment, worry). (various references)

Hungarian		kínos érzés (chastening, disease). (various references)

Indonesian		kewaswasan (anxiety), keresahan (anxiety, restlessness, unrest). (various references)

Italian		soggezione (awe, constraint, subjection), malessere (ailment, faintness, hangover, illness, indisposition, malaise, pip, slight), imbarazzo (abashment, awkwardness, confusion, constraint, disconcertedness, embarrassment, nonplus, obstacle, pause, quandary), disagio (discomfort, discomforts, embarrassment, hardship, inconvenience, self conscious, uncomfortableness), ansia (anxiety, disquiet, yearning), agitazione (abetment, agitation, anxiety, bother, commotion, disturbance, excitement, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter, fret, fussiness, restlessness, state, stir, turmoil, twitter, unrest, upheaval). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		焦燥 (impatience, irritation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぎぐ (apprehension), ぎく (apprehension, burglar, customs, group, insurgent, manners, mark in dictionary indicating slang, mundane things, periodic table group, race, rebel, the laity, the world, thief, tribe, vulgarity, worldliness), おそれ (anxiety, concern, fear, horror), しょうそう (fretfulness, impatience, injury, irritation, prematurity, wound, youth), ふあ�"し�" (anxiety, apprehension, fear, insecurity, restlessness, suspense, uncertainty), ふあ�" (anxiety, insecurity, suspense), むなさわぎ (premonition, vague apprehension). (various references)

Manx		graue-aash (restlessness), anaash (anxiety). (various references)

Pig Latin		easinessunay

Portuguese		preocupação (abstraction, canker, care, discomfort, grievance, pester, preoccupation, sexual harassment, solicitude, trouble, worry), mal-estar (brash, discomfort, discompose, inquire, malaise, queasiness), intranquilidade (disquiet), inquietação (anxiety, care, colorwash, colourwash, concern, discomfort, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, fidget, fret, hurry, inquietude, jactitation, misgiving, preoccupation, quicksilver, unrest, worry), desassossego (preoccupation, unrest). (various references)

Romanian		zbucium (agitation, anxiety, coil, fidget, struggle, struggling, trouble, worriment), stânjenealã (disturbance), nelinişte (agitation, anxiety, apprehension, care, concern, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, ferment, flurry, fret, inquietude, perturbation, restlessness, trouble, unrest, worry), jenã (abashment, awkwardness, bashfulness, discomfort, embarrassment, hindrance, reserve, shyness, squirm, timidity, uncomfortableness, want), alarmã (alarm, alarum, alert, panic, terror), îngrijorare (alarm, anxiety, concern, discomfort, disquiet, disquietude, fear, inquietude, restlessness, thought, worry). (various references)

Russian		неловкость (awkwardness, clumsiness, left-handedness), беспокойство (ado, Angst, anxiety, bother, botheration, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fash, fidget, harassment, inconvenience, inquietude, restlessness, taking, trepidation, trouble, uneasyness, unrest, worry). (various references)

Scottish		campar (grief, vexation). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uznemirenost (disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, dither, fidget, inquietude, toss), zabrinutost (care, feeze, preoccupation, solicitude, trouble, worry). (various references)

Spanish		inquietud (anxiety, inquietude, restlessness, unrest, worry), grima (aversion, creeps, disgust, irritation), desazón (anxiety, chagrin, discomfort, insipidity). (various references)

Swedish		oro (agitation, alarm, anxiety, botheration, concern, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, flutter, harassment, inquietude, jimjams, nervousness, perturbation, qualm, solicitude, trepidation, trouble, unease, unrest, worriment, worry), olust, obehagskänsla, ängslan (anxiety, fear, nervousness, pain, unease). (various references)

Turkish		tedirginlik (doubtfulness, perturbation), rahatsızlık (ailment, annoyance, complaint, discomfiture, discomfort, discomposure, disease, disquiet, distemper, disturbance, draft, dysphoria, embarrassment, fidget, harassment, ill, illness, inconvenience, indisposition, inquietude, malaise, nuisance, restlessness, seediness, trouble, unrest), kuşku (disbelief, distrust, doubt, fears, impeachment, misgiving, quandary, query, question, surmise, suspicion), huzursuzluk (discomfort, disquiet, disquietude, fermentation, fidget, hump, inquietude, qualm, restiveness, restlessness, sleeplessness, trouble, unrest), endişe (agitation, angst, anxiety, apprehension, care, concern, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, doubt, fear, fears, fret, inquietude, perturbation, preoccupation, qualm, scruple, solicitude, stew, suspense, worry). (various references)

Ukrainian		ніяковість (abashment, confusion, shamefacedness), незручність (awkwardness, discomfort, discommodity, inconvenience, nuisance), занепоко�"ння (concern, discomposure, fash, harass, harassment, qualm, restlessness, stew, worriment). (various references)

Vietnamese		trạng thái khó chịu trạng thái lo lắng, trạng thái không yên tâm, trạng thái không thoải mái, trạng thái băn khoăn, trạng thái bứt rứt, trạng thái bực bội. (various references)

Welsh		anniddigrwydd (peevishness), anesmywthyd (disquiet), anesmywthder (unrest). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	scrupulus, sollicitudo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "uneasiness": uneasinesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Uneasiness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: uneaseness, uneasyness. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "uneasiness" (pronounced u'nē"zēnus)
6	-ē" z ē n u s	queasiness.
5	-z ē n u s	clumsiness, coziness, craziness, dizziness, drowsiness, laziness, lousiness, nosiness.
4	-ē n u s	airworthiness, arbitrariness, bagginess, cleanliness, cloudiness, cockiness, contrariness, creditworthiness, creepiness, deadliness, dreariness, edginess, emptiness, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, ghastliness, hairiness, happiness, holiness, liveliness, loneliness, nastiness, niggardliness, orderliness, pettiness, raciness, readiness, riskiness, roominess, rowdiness, scantiness, shakiness, silliness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, solitariness, steadiness, stinginess, sturdiness, tardiness, tastiness, timeliness, trustworthiness, ugliness, unhappiness, unwieldiness, wariness, weariness, wimpiness, worldliness, worthiness.
3	-n u s	abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, Conus, coolness, correctness, creativeness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, effectiveness, elusiveness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, fullness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, handedness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, quickness, quietness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, robustness, roughness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, truthfulness, unconsciousness, unfairness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, wryness.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-n-n-s-s-s-u"
	-2 letters: easiness, saneness.
	-3 letters: sanseis, siennas, sinuses, uneases.
	-4 letters: aeneus, anises, anuses, easies, ennuis, ensues, inanes, insane, issues, nesses, sanies, sansei, sasins, seines, seises, sennas, senses, sienna, sunnas, unease, unseen, usneae, usneas.
	-5 letters: anise, asses, eases, ennui, ensue, esses, inane, issue, nenes, nines, nisus, sains, sanes, sasin, seine, seise, senna, sensa, sense, sines, sinus, sises.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-n-n-s-s-s-u"
	+2 letters: jauntinesses, quaintnesses, sanguineness, unbiasedness, uneasinesses, unfairnesses, unsteadiness, unwarinesses.
	+3 letters: amusingnesses, anxiousnesses, gainfulnesses, inhumannesses, languidnesses, naughtinesses, painfulnesses, paunchinesses, piquantnesses, raunchinesses, tenaciousness, uncanninesses, unhandinesses, unhappinesses, universalness, unmanlinesses, unreadinesses.
	+4 letters: fancifulnesses, gelatinousness, mendaciousness, oleaginousness, sanguinenesses, tranquilnesses, unbiasednesses, ungainlinesses, unsociableness, unsteadinesses.
	+5 letters: agribusinessmen, inexcusableness, inscrutableness, subordinateness, substantiveness, tenaciousnesses, uncertainnesses, uncleanlinesses, undesirableness, unearthlinesses, unhealthinesses, universalnesses, voluntarinesses.
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