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Meaning uneasy meaning

What does uneasy mean?

Definitions in simple English

uneasy Adjective

— When something is uneasy, it causes discomfort and makes you feel anxious about it. As a girl, I feel very uneasy when I walk back home late at night. — Something that is rather difficult to do. Daniel is so stubborn, working with him will be uneasy.

uneasy

— adjective 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 — adjective relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort — adjective (= restless) lacking or not affording physical or mental rest a restless night she fell into an uneasy sleep — adjective (= awkward, ill at ease) 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 — adjective (= anxious, nervous, 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

Synonyms uneasy synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as uneasy?

uneasy English » English

anxious restless nervous troubled uncomfortable unquiet worried fidgety agitated ill at ease disturbed queasy concerned awkward worry turbulent tense restive perturbed fraught embarrassed distressed unsure unhappy stricken solicitous jumpy impatient highly strung disquieted discomposed discomforting bothered afraid worrisome wild urgent unsettled unsavoury unsavory unsatisfied unreliable unpromising unpleasant unpeaceful unpeaceable ungratified tiresome tight teased

Topics uneasy topics

What do people use uneasy to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Worried

What words refer to feeling worried?

worry (v) feel worried be worried feel anxious be anxious be afraid feel afraid feel scared feel unsure agonize over wonder what is going to happen uneasy fret brood lose sleep not like the look of not like the sound of
What words describe someone who feels worried?

worried anxious anxiously apprehensive bothered concerned dismayed disturbed strained troubled uneasy unsettled

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Nervous

What words describe someone who feels nervous?

nervous apprehensive edgy fidgety flustered ill at ease jittery restless tense uneasy uneasily uptight
What words describe something that causes someone to feel nervous?

tense strained uneasy nail biting charged nerve-racking

Examples uneasy examples

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Simple sentences

I felt cold and uneasy all night.

The news left me uneasy.

I feel uneasy in my father's presence.

It always makes me feel a bit uneasy.

Tom felt uneasy.

Tom became uneasy.

Tom looks uneasy.

There was an uneasy silence.

What's making you uneasy?

Tom seemed uneasy in their presence.

I'm uneasy about donating blood.

His letter makes me uneasy.

It made him uneasy that someone might find out any second what he was hiding.

He did not appear at all, which made her very uneasy.

They passed an uneasy night.

When he saw her letter, he felt somewhat uneasy.

The thought of her going alone left me uneasy.

She felt uneasy at the thought of her future.

The news of the air accident left me uneasy.

I feel a little uneasy about Tom.

Tom began to feel uneasy.

Movie subtitles

Being my commanding officer makes you feel uneasy, doesn't it?

I'll feel uneasy once you get killed for nothing, or when you act out of despair.

Mr. West found refuge in the offices of an American company. But without his trusty bodyguard he remained uneasy.

Are you trying to make her uneasy?

I wouldn't dare speak ill of a colleague, but this morning we had a talk which left me feeling uneasy.

His uneasy conscience made him avoid those he knew. and all night he had wandered alone through the dimly lit streets. and evil-looking houses of the London half-world.

I have an uneasy feeling.

Very well, if you're uneasy about it, put it back.

I think you've had to face many uneasy feelings.

And at its warning, the wandering and uneasy spirit hies to its confine.

Kinda. kinda uneasy.

Look would you feel less uneasy if I sat with you, or more so?

Frankly, I still become uneasy when I find myself trapped directing the courses of frightened men.

The crew's gettin' a might uneasy, captain.

I suppose it's safe enough with these elephants here. but the boys will be uneasy.

Don't be uneasy, they're in my possession. I'll take care of them.

Makes me uneasy.

Very well, if you're uneasy about it, put it back. - You can do that in the morning.

You know, you're gradually giving me an uneasy feeling.

Kind of uneasy.

Her great feudal fortress castles, born in that uneasy time. stand now as stately monuments. to how unyielding were the enmities that caused their building.

We didn't come here to make you feel uneasy.

Christmas was another day nearer, but the fourth-graders, their top pupil in particular, were feeling quite uneasy.

But I can't help feeling uneasy when I think about Serizawa.

I confess I was very uneasy.

Yet you feel uneasy about being here with me.

But I paid for them with my uneasy conscience.

Frank is a man at the end of his rope, uneasy, unhappy. There's fear in his eyes all the time.

You see, I make them uneasy. - Of course, a young girl.

It is written that this river can free a man from the ties and fears of earth. from all the world's uneasy circumstance. It can open the doors to final wisdom.

And the crew's gettin' a might uneasy, Captain.

I don't know why I felt so uneasy during those days.

I believed him, yet I felt uneasy at the same time.

And it makes me uneasy.

You said it would make you uneasy.

Maybe he reminded her of an uneasy past. or maybe it was an excuse to see me again.

News and current affairs

People feel uneasy and worried, especially when traveling.

The defensiveness of Jews and the uneasy silence of their friends mean that the stage of public debate is open for those who actually are anti-Semitic, though they confine themselves to anti-Israel language.

But instead of happily preparing for that occasion, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania - which scarcely 15 years ago regained the independence they lost in WWII - are uneasy.

Reaching this uneasy state has not been easy.

But all of this has come at a price: accidents, congestion, pollution, and an uneasy dependence on oil, among other costs.

But it is an uneasy calm that probably will not last.

Given that human psychology has developed through a sometimes-uneasy balance of natural and sexual selection, evolution and psychology influence and interact with each other.

Moreover, the increasingly activist government has left businesses uneasy about future regulatory and tax measures, and thus reluctant to invest.

Nonetheless, with Syria consumed in civil war and the wider Middle East already unsteady, a ceasefire is essential both for saving lives and preserving today's uneasy regional peace.

Relations between Kosovo's Albanian majority and Serb minority remain uneasy.

Economics and politics have been uneasy allies in the process of European unification.

But Germany's leaders were uneasy with these changes.

But parasites make us uneasy in another way.

Third, Israel, already unhappy with the outcome of the previous round of negotiations, is becoming increasingly uneasy.

The US-China relationship itself is likely to remain uneasy, but overt competition or confrontation suits neither side.

And, for those for whom religion matters, globalization can sometimes be accompanied by an aggressive secularism or hedonism that makes many uneasy.

Yet it is also true that the US is uneasy about China's not-too-hidden aim to dominate Asia - an objective that runs counter to US security and commercial interests and to the larger goal of securing a balance in power in Asia.

That July, after an uneasy period of sharing power with Prince Norodom Ranariddh's royalist party, Hun Sen launched a bloody coup in which his opponents were exiled, arrested, tortured, and in some cases summarily executed.

But Germany also appears to be increasingly uneasy about having to continue supporting Israel even when its policies are clearly reproachable.

Still, one cannot avoid the uneasy feeling that, when all is said and done, the contribution of recent technological innovations to long-term growth in living standards may be substantially less than the enthusiasts claim.

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