Uneasy

a.	1.	Not easy; difficult. Things . . . so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood. - Boyle. The road will be uneasy to find. - Sir W. Scott.
	2.	Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed. The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. - Pope.
	3.	Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
	4.	Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing. A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him. - Addison.

Adj.	1.	uneasy - lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; "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" Antonyms: at ease, easy - free from worry or anxiety; "knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy"; "an easy good-natured manner"; "by the time the child faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words"
	2.	uneasy - 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" Synonyms: nervous, unquiet, anxious
	3.	uneasy - marked by a lack of quiet; not conducive to rest; "spent a restless night"; "fell into an uneasy sleep" Synonyms: restless
	4.	uneasy - not at ease socially; 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" Synonyms: ill at ease, awkward

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