adj
Meaning 1
Not easy; difficult.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
uneasy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ʌnˈiːzi/
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N IY1 Z IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: angstful, apprehensive, anxious, careful, concerned, distraught, disturbed, edgy, fraught, freaked out, hagridden, high-strung, jittery, jumpy, leery, nervous, nervy, on edge, perturbable, restless, skittish, spookish, squeamish, tied in knots, twitchy, uneasy, unquiet, verklempt, worried, worrisome, worryful
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Not easy in manner; constrained
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He was behaving in an uneasy way.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stiff, awkward, ungraceful
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Causing discomfort or constraint
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: easy
adjective
Meaning 6
lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a restless night
- she fell into an uneasy sleep
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: restless
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- awkward and reserved at parties
- ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know
- was always uneasy with strangers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: awkward, ill at ease(p)
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
- cast anxious glances behind her
- those nervous moments before takeoff
- an unquiet mind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anxious, nervous, queasy, unquiet
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English unesy, equivalent to un- + easy. Merged with Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”). See uneath.
From Middle English unesy, unaisie (“not comforting”), from un- + esy (“comfortable, at ease”). More at easy.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: труден (truden) — Not easy; difficult
- Catalan: difícil — Not easy; difficult
- Catalan: complicat — Not easy; difficult
- Finnish: vaikea — Not easy; difficult
- French: pas facile — Not easy; difficult
- French: difficile — Not easy; difficult
- German: uneinfach — Not easy; difficult
- Indonesian: sulit — Not easy; difficult
- Māori: uaua — Not easy; difficult
- Romanian: dificil — Not easy; difficult
- Romanian: complicat — Not easy; difficult
- Albanian: i shqetësuar — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Bulgarian: тревожен (trevožen) — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Bulgarian: неспокоен (nespokoen) — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Finnish: levoton — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Finnish: rauhaton — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Finnish: ahdistunut — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- German: unbehaglich — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Greek: ανήσυχος (anísychos) — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Hindi: असहज (ashaj) — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Indonesian: gelisah — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Irish: anacair — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Latin: anxius — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: māihi — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: pāihi — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: mawera — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: ārangi — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: pakaihi — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: anipā — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: āwangawanga — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: hopohopo — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: manawarau — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: tūmatatenga — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: hārato — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: hikirangi — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: koromāungaunga — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: maniore — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Māori: tīhengi — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Plautdietsch: onheimlich — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Plautdietsch: beklommen — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Scottish Gaelic: an-fhoiseil — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Vietnamese: nao nao — restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
- Bulgarian: неловък (nelovǎk) — not easy in manner; constrained
- Bulgarian: стеснителен (stesnitelen) — not easy in manner; constrained
- Finnish: vaivaantunut — not easy in manner; constrained
- Finnish: kiusaantunut — not easy in manner; constrained
- Persian: معذب (mo'azzab) — not easy in manner; constrained
- Spanish: incómodo — causing discomfort or constraint