Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being uneasy; want of ease or comfort, physical or mental.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness; disquietude; anxiety.
- n. obsolete The quality of making uneasy; discomfort.
WordNet 3.0
- n. feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
- n. the trait of seeming ill at ease
- n. physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)
- n. embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
- n. inability to rest or relax or be still
Etymologies
- From uneasy + -ness. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But I believe my uneasiness is a result of the preconceived "religious" picture we are taught as being God is completely different from how Young portrays Him.”
“And this uneasiness is the more acute in Britain because the people there have experienced more disastrous effects from depression than ever did Canada or the United States.”
“My uneasiness is directed toward the standard method, not Greg, apologies.”
Mankiw Defends his Tall Tale, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“My uneasiness is the unbounded description in Greg's model, which works and results are correct.”
Mankiw Defends his Tall Tale, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“This has resulted in uneasiness about our role in the world.”
Jesus Saves, Buddha Recycles: A Spiritual Perspective on Consumerism
“And she called his uneasiness about crows and ravens superstition!”
“The question that lies at the root of most of the uneasiness is this: Is America threatened by the preservation of languages other than English?”
“But his uneasiness is not continuous, and notes of real joy resound in the enchanting poem”
“But there was some uneasiness from the accounts given of the folly, or worse than folly, of one of the partners in the Indian house.”
“His complaint of his present uneasiness is excusable, v. 27, 28. 1.”
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
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