uneasy
英英释意
- 1. 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"
- 2. 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"
- 3. marked by a lack of quiet; not conducive to rest;
- "spent a restless night"
- "fell into an uneasy sleep"
- 4. 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"