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say it: uh-NEE-zee
uneasy is an adjective meaning "lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance". It carries 5 recorded senses.
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”
lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
“a restless night”
“she fell into an uneasy sleep”
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”
relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for uneasy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.