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UNEASINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inability to rest or relax or be still
Synonyms:
queasiness; restlessness; uneasiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("uneasiness" is a kind of...):
nervousness (a sensitive or highly strung temperament)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uneasiness"):
jactation; jactitation ((pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness)
Derivation:
uneasy (lacking or not affording physical or mental rest)
uneasy (causing or fraught with or showing anxiety)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The trait of seeming ill at ease
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("uneasiness" is a kind of...):
discomposure (a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure)
Derivation:
uneasy (socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
Synonyms:
self-consciousness; uncomfortableness; uneasiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("uneasiness" is a kind of...):
embarrassment (the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public)
Derivation:
uneasy (socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
Synonyms:
disquietude; edginess; inquietude; uneasiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("uneasiness" is a kind of...):
anxiety (a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uneasiness"):
willies (feelings of uneasiness)
Derivation:
uneasy (lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)
Synonyms:
malaise; unease; uneasiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("uneasiness" is a kind of...):
discomfort; uncomfortableness (the state of being tense and feeling pain)
Derivation:
uneasy (relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort)
Context examples:
“I am a Mackworth of Normanton,” the other answered, with some uneasiness of manner.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"How odd, indeed!" repeated Elinor within herself, regarding her sister with uneasiness.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
A considerable period elapsed before I discovered one of the causes of the uneasiness of this amiable family: it was poverty, and they suffered that evil in a very distressing degree.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
But his stomach did not give him the slightest uneasiness.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
It is now drawing towards the sunset; Mina's uneasiness calls my attention to it.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
A drug used to treat symptoms of anxiety, such as feelings of fear, dread, uneasiness, and muscle tightness, that may occur as a reaction to stress.
(Antianxiety agent, NCI Dictionary)
Feelings of fear, dread, and uneasiness that may occur as a reaction to stress.
(Anxiety, NCI Dictionary)
Issue associated with users experiencing difficulty or uneasiness to deploy device and/or device components to a specified location.
(Deployment Difficulty Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)
At last I became so convinced that I was causing him uneasiness that I drew my visit to a close.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Ah! said the wife, and I am so full of distress and uneasiness that my teeth chatter, and I feel as if there were a fire in my veins, and she tore open her dress; and all the while little Marleen sat in the corner and wept, and the plate on her knees was wet with her tears.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
