1 ~ (about sth / about doing sth) feeling worried or unhappy about a particular situation, especially because you think that sth bad or unpleasant may happen or because you are not sure that what you are doing is right:
an uneasy laugh / smile * He was beginning to feel distinctly uneasy about their visit. * His presence made her feel uneasy. * She felt uneasy about leaving the children with them. * She had an uneasy feeling that something terrible was going to happen.
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2 not certain to last; not safe or settled:
an uneasy alliance / truce / peace / relationship * The two sides eventually reached an uneasy compromise.
3 that does not enable you to relax or feel comfortable:
She woke from an uneasy sleep to find the house empty. * They passed an uneasy night waiting for news from the hospital.
4 used to describe a mixture of two things, feelings, etc. that do not go well together:
an uneasy mix of humour and violence * Old farmhouses and new villas stood together in uneasy proximity.
uneasily adverb:
I wondered uneasily what he was thinking. * She shifted uneasily in her chair. * His socialist views sit uneasily with his huge fortune.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for uneasy is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is uneasy a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, uneasy is tagged as adjective.
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