uneasy

[ uhn-ee-zee ]

adjective

, un·eas·i·er, un·eas·i·est.

1. not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
2. not easy in manner; constrained; gauche; stilted.
3. not conducive to ease; causing bodily discomfort.

uneasy

/ ʌnˈiːzɪ /

adjective

1. (of a person) anxious; apprehensive
2. (of a condition) precarious; uncomfortable

   an uneasy truce

3. (of a thought, etc) disturbing; disquieting

Derived Forms

• unˈeasiness, noun
• unˈeasily, adverb
• unˈease, noun

Other Words From

• un·ease noun
• un·eas·i·ly adverb
• un·eas·i·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of uneasy¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, uneasy is from the Middle English word unesy. See un- ¹, easy

Example Sentences

Kevin Faulconer cultivated a strong relationship with Ocean Beach and Point Loma by never doing anything to make protectionists uneasy.

From Voice of San Diego

With an investigative focus on the business of health care, she wrote about health care fraud and the uneasy intersection of politics, providers and the insurance industry.

From ProPublica

Honestly, even seeing tentatively positive reactions to the rumored potential series left me feeling deeply sad and uneasy.

From Vox

Publishers love to disagree, but almost all of them will say they have an uneasy relationship with Google.

From Digiday

Most of them, he says, feel uneasy about the suggestion that investors should have any say on the politics of the companies in their portfolio—or of the user bases that they court.

From MIT Technology Review

Many cultures, however, have an uneasy relationship with bats.

From The Daily Beast

It would seem, at best, an uneasy fit: Paul Newman and his seventieth birthday, this month.

From The Daily Beast

So it continues to make local authorities and their ruthless cronies uneasy.

From The Daily Beast

Once in the Senate, Paul began making uneasy attempts to discuss his faith.

From The Daily Beast

As a result, the temporary truce negotiated by the ICRC is uneasy and, at best, only partial.

From The Daily Beast

We (the officers) were sitting in a circle round the general and Alcalde, both of whom appeared uneasy and anxious.

From Project Gutenberg

"I don't think that is a very nice taste," said Davy, beginning to feel very uneasy.

From Project Gutenberg

The anger and rebellion had been comatose in these years of freedom, but the maturer brain was the more uneasy, at times appalled.

From Project Gutenberg

Leonce had been very uneasy at first, Madame Ratignolle said, and had wanted to start at once for the Cheniere.

From Project Gutenberg

At sight of Monsieur Gaubert, running so breathlessly, he started forward, wondering and uneasy.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• afraid
• agitated
• anguished
• anxious
• apprehensive
• edgy
• fearful
• impatient
• insecure
• irritable
• jittery
• nervous
• precarious
• restless
• shaky
• strained
• suspicious
• tense
• troubled
• uncomfortable