Uneasy meaning

What does “uneasy” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“uneasy” is an adjective with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance.

uneasy

lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
“farmers were uneasy until rain finally came”
“uneasy about his health”
Oppositeseasy
lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
“a restless night”
“she fell into an uneasy sleep”
Synonymsrestless
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
“spent an anxious night waiting for the test results”
“cast anxious glances behind her”
Synonymsanxious nervous queasy unquiet
socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
“awkward and reserved at parties”
“ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know”
Synonymsawkward ill at ease
relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University