uneasy

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance (Freq. 15)
- 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
• Ant:
easy
• Similar to:
apprehensive, worried, precarious, unstable
• See Also:
tense, uncomfortable, unquiet
• Derivationally related forms:
uneasiness
2. socially uncomfortable;
unsure and constrained in manner
- awkward and reserved at parties
- ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know
- was always uneasy with strangers
• Syn:
awkward, ill at ease
• Similar to:
uncomfortable
• Derivationally related forms:
uneasiness, awkwardness (for: awkward)
3. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
- spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
- cast anxious glances behind her
- those nervous moments before takeoff
- an unquiet mind
• Syn:
anxious, nervous, queasy, unquiet
• Similar to:
troubled
• Derivationally related forms:
uneasiness, queasiness (for: queasy), nervousness (for: nervous), anxiousness (for: anxious)
4. lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
- a restless night
- she fell into an uneasy sleep
• Syn:
restless
• Ant:
restful (for: restless)
• Derivationally related forms:
uneasiness, restlessness (for: restless)
5. relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
• Similar to:
uncomfortable
• Derivationally related forms:
uneasiness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  awkward, ill at ease(p), anxious, nervous, queasy, unquiet, restless
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  restful, reposeful, relaxing, easy