uneasy
adjectives
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"
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mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
"apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"
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conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
"this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable"; "the uncomfortable truth"; "grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye"; "an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest"; "the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable"
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characterized by unrest or disorder
"unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning"
lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
"a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep"
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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"
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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"
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relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
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providing or experiencing physical discomfort
"an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun"
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