uneasy
lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,564 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,567 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance farmers were uneasy until rain finally cameuneasy about his health
- lacking or not affording physical or mental rest also: restless a restless nightshe fell into an uneasy sleep
- causing or fraught with or showing anxiety also: anxious, nervous, queasy, unquiet spent an anxious night waiting for the test resultscast anxious glances behind her
- socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner also: awkward, ill at ease awkward and reserved at partiesill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know
- relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
uneasy in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The mother and daughter wore for a few minutes a somewhat uneasy air.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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They were not uneasy, but surprised, and, above all, shocked at the manners of M. de Thaller.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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A stranger, and one unaccustomed to feed in public, is recognised in a moment by his uneasy movements.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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As he entered the house in Queen's Gate, a mirrored image of himself made him uneasy about his costume.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1
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Mr. Burton, still propping him up, trod a measure with fewer steps, and cast uneasy glances up the lonely road.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1