Meaning

4 senses
  1. (rare)Not easy; difficult.

    uneinfach

  2. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety.

    I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?

    unbehaglich

  3. Not easy in manner; constrained

    He was behaving in an uneasy way.

    socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner

  4. Causing discomfort or constraint

    causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

Examples

157 sentences
  1. Tom is uneasy.

    Том зніяковів.

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  2. I'm uneasy about donating blood.

    Мені якось неспокійно через здавання крові.

    ruМне как-то неспокойно по поводу сдачи крови.

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  3. I feel uneasy about my future.

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  4. Tom was uneasy, but Mary wasn't.

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  5. I know that Tom is uneasy.

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Translations

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By meaning 2
Not easy; difficult:
restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety:

Origin

From Middle English unesy, equivalent to un- + easy. Merged with Middle English unethe, un

From Middle English unesy, equivalent to un- + easy. Merged with Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”). See uneath.

Inherited from Middle English unesy, unaisie (“not comforting”), from un- + esy (“comfortable, at ease”). More at easy.

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Forms

uneasier/more uneasy, uneasiest/most uneasy
Comparativeuneasier / more uneasy Lesson
Superlativeuneasiest / most uneasy Lesson

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Synonyms

36 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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