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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (5)

1. lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance;
- Example: "farmers were uneasy until rain finally came"
- Example: "uneasy about his health"
- Example: "gave an uneasy laugh"
- Example: "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"
- Example: "an uneasy coalition government"
- Example: "an uneasy calm"
- Example: "an uneasy silence fell on the group"

2. lacking or not affording physical or mental rest;
- Example: "a restless night"
- Example: "she fell into an uneasy sleep"
[syn: restless, uneasy]

3. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety;
- Example: "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"
- Example: "cast anxious glances behind her"
- Example: "those nervous moments before takeoff"
- Example: "an unquiet mind"
[syn: anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet]

4. socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner;
- Example: "awkward and reserved at parties"
- Example: "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"
- Example: "was always uneasy with strangers"
[syn: awkward, ill at ease(p), uneasy]

5. relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Uneasy \Un*eas"y\, a.
   1. Not easy; difficult. [R.]
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            Things . . . so uneasy to be satisfactorily
            understood.                           --Boyle.
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            The road will be uneasy to find.      --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   2. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like;
      disquieted; perturbed.
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            The soul, uneasy and confined from home,
            Rests and expatiates in a life to come. --Pope.
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   3. Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not
      graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
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   4. Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping;
      disagreeable; unpleasing. "His uneasy station." --Milton.
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            A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those
            who approach him.                     --Addison.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

uneasy
    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(p), uneasy]
    5: relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort