English Dictionary: uneasy | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for uneasy | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Uneasy \Un*eas"y\, a. 1. Not easy; difficult. [R.] Things . . . so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood. --Boyle. The road will be uneasy to find. --Sir W. Scott. 2. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed. The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. --Pope. 3. Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment. 4. Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing. [bd]His uneasy station.[b8] --Milton. A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him. --Addison. |