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.
3.
4.
not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner
- “awkward and reserved at parties”
- “ill at ease among eddies of people he didn”
- “;”
Origin
From Middle English unesy, equivalent to un- + easy. Merged with Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”). See uneath.
Phrases
- uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
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See also
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