uneasy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: uneasy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for uneasy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uneasy adj 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" Antonym(s): easy lacking or not affording physical or mental rest; "a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep" Synonym(s): restless, uneasy Antonym(s): relaxing, reposeful, restful 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" Synonym(s): anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet 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" Synonym(s): awkward, ill at ease(p), uneasy relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Uneasy \Uneas"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.