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uneasy

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uneasy in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    anxious  nervous  queasy  uneasy  unquiet 
  2. 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"
    awkward  ill at ease  uneasy 
  3. lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
    "a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep"
    restless  uneasy 
  4. 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"
    uneasy 
  5. relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
    uneasy 
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