uneasy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance

   farmers were uneasy until rain finally came

2. 2
   adj

   Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety.

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

3. 3
   adj

   Not easy in manner; constrained

   He was behaving in an uneasy way.

4. 4
   adj

   relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort

5. 5
   adj

   socially uncomfortable

6. 6
   adj

   lacking or not affording physical or mental rest

7. 7
   adj

   causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

8. 8
   adj

   Not easy; difficult.

Etymology

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