Associations to the word «Uneasy»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
UNEASY, adjective. (rare) Not easy; difficult.
UNEASY, adjective. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
UNEASY, adjective. Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
UNEASY, adjective. Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
Dictionary definition
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".
UNEASY, adjective. Lacking or not affording physical or mental rest; "a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep".
UNEASY, adjective. 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".
UNEASY, adjective. 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".
UNEASY, adjective. Relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.