Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)Trouble; misery; a feeling of disquiet or concern.

More definitions
  • the trait of seeming ill at ease
  • physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)

Examples

8 sentences
  1. You usually don’t reveal your unease.

  2. They aim to stir unease in societies.

    ruОни стремятся вызвать беспокойство в обществе. — Karok

  3. Ziri began to feel his sense of unease increasing.

  4. Rodrigo felt a mix of fascination and slight unease towards spiders.

  5. What you're saying is perfectly viable, but I can't shake off my unease.

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Translations

5 languages

Origin

From Middle English unese, equivalent to un- + ease. Compare disease.

From Middle English unese, equivalent to un- + ease. Compare disease.

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
RelateduneasyA2

See also

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