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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNE'ASY, a. s as z.
1. Feeling some degree of pain; restless; disturbed; unquiet. The patient is uneasy.
2. Giving some pain; as an uneasy garment.
3. Disturbed in mind; somewhat anxious; unquiet. He is uneasy respecting the success of his project.
The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, rests and expatiates in a life to come.
4. Constraining; cramping; as uneasy rules.
5. Constrained; stiff; not graceful; not easy; as an uneasy deportment.
6. Giving some pain to others; disagreeable; unpleasing.
A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him.
7. Difficult.
Things - so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
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" [ant: easy]
2: lacking or not affording physical or mental rest; "a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep" [syn: restless, uneasy] [ant: relaxing, reposeful, restful]
3: 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" [syn: anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet]
4: 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" [syn: awkward, ill at ease, uneasy]
5: relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. causing physical or mental discomfort <uneasy news of captures and killings — Marjory S. Douglas> 2. not easy ; difficult 3. marked by lack of ease ; awkward, embarrassed <gave an uneasy laugh> 4. apprehensive, worried <uneasy about the weather> 5. restless, unquiet <an uneasy night> 6. precarious, unstable <an uneasy truce> • uneasiness noun II. adverb Date: 1596 uneasily

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (uneasier, uneasiest) 1 disturbed or uncomfortable in mind or body (passed an uneasy night). 2 disturbing (had an uneasy suspicion). Derivatives: uneasily adv. uneasiness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Uneasy Un*eas"y, a. 1. Not easy; difficult. [R.] Things . . . so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood. --Boyle. The road will be uneasy to find. --Sir W. Scott. 2. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed. The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. --Pope. 3. Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment. 4. Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing. ``His uneasy station.'' --Milton. A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him. --Addison.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you are uneasy, you feel anxious, afraid, or embarrassed, because you think that something is wrong or that there is danger. He looked uneasy and refused to answer questions... I had an uneasy feeling that he was going to spoil it. = uncomfortable ADJ • uneasily Meg shifted uneasily on her chair... He laughed uneasily... ADV: usu ADV after v, also ADV adj • uneasiness With a small degree of uneasiness, he pushed it open and stuck his head inside. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you are uneasy about doing something, you are not sure that it is correct or wise. Richard was uneasy about how best to approach his elderly mother... ADJ: usu v-link ADJ about n • uneasiness I felt a great uneasiness about meeting her again. 3. If you describe a situation or relationship as uneasy, you mean that the situation is not settled and may not last. (JOURNALISM) An uneasy calm has settled over Los Angeles... The uneasy alliance between these two men offered a glimmer of hope... ADJ: usu ADJ n • uneasily ...a country whose component parts fit uneasily together. ADV: usu ADV after v, also ADV adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Restless, restive, unquiet, disturbed, impatient, ill at ease. 2. Constrained, stiff, awkward, ungraceful, ungainly. 3. Disagreeable, unpleasing, constraining, cramping, uncomfortable.

Moby Thesaurus

abashed, afflicted, agitated, all nerves, all-overish, ambiguous, anguished, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, beefing, bellyaching, beset, bitching, borderline, bored, bothered, breathless, careful, cast down, chafing, chagrined, chapfallen, cheerless, complaining, complaintful, concerned, confused, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, depressed, disappointed, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, discontented, disgruntled, disgusted, displeased, disquieted, dissatisfied, distressed, disturbed, doubtable, eager, edgy, embarrassed, envious, excitable, excited, faultfinding, fearful, feverish, fidgety, flurried, flustered, fluttery, foreboding, fretful, fretting, frightened, fussy, grim, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grumbling, hasty, high-strung, hopped-up, hung up, ill at ease, impatient, impetuous, in a lather, in a pucker, in a stew, in a sweat, irritable, jittery, joyless, jumpy, malcontent, malcontented, misgiving, mortified, murmuring, muttering, nauseated, nauseous, nerves on edge, nervous, nervy, on edge, on tenterhooks, out of countenance, out of humor, overanxious, overapprehensive, overstrung, panicky, peevish, perturbed, petulant, pleasureless, precarious, prey to malaise, put-out, put-upon, querulant, querulous, rebellious, repelled, resentful, restive, restless, revolted, ruffled, sad, shaken, shaken up, shaky, sickened, solicitous, squirming, squirmy, stirred up, strained, suffering angst, sulky, suspect, suspenseful, tense, troubled, troublous, turbulent, unaccepting, unaccommodating, uncertain, uncomfortable, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unpatient, unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestful, unsatisfied, unsettled, unsure, upset, uptight, whiny, worried, zealous