unease

Other forms of unease

plural

uneases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about unease

What does unease mean?

unease means "physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unease?

unease has 2 syllables: u-nease. The stress falls on "nease". In IPA it is /əˈniz/.

What is another word for unease?

Close synonyms include malaise, uneasiness, disquiet, uneasiness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unease a common word?

unease is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unease?

9 words rhyme with unease. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.