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uneasy
adjective
Lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
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adjective
Lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
“Farmers were uneasy until rain finally came”
adjective
Lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
“A restless night”
adjective
Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
“Spent an anxious night waiting for the test results”
adjective
Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
“Awkward and reserved at parties”
adjective
Relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
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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
A restless night
She fell into an uneasy sleep
Spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
Cast anxious glances behind her
Those nervous moments before takeoff
An unquiet mind
Awkward and reserved at parties
Ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know
Was always uneasy with strangers
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