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Uneasiness   /ˌənˈizinəs/   Listen
Uneasiness

noun
1.
Feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable.  Synonyms: disquietude, edginess, inquietude.
2.
Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).  Synonyms: malaise, unease.
3.
Embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you.  Synonyms: self-consciousness, uncomfortableness.
4.
The trait of seeming ill at ease.  Synonyms: disquiet, unease.
5.
Inability to rest or relax or be still.  Synonyms: queasiness, restlessness.






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"Uneasiness" Quotes from Famous Books



... and whilst Joseph, though disconcerted, expressed his feelings in a familiar smile, the other cast a quick glance of uneasiness towards the stairs, his mouth compressed, ...
— The Nether World • George Gissing

... She was absolutely mute for the rest of the evening, save when obliged to exchange a word or two with rustic company or in the taproom. Her features expressed uneasiness rather ...
— The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories • George Gissing

... yet ripe for such a measure, or whether the system proposed to be attained by it is only to be expected from calamity and commotion, is difficult to ascertain. I think we are in a delicate situation, and a variety of considerations and circumstances give me uneasiness." ...
— Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. • Benson J. Lossing

... (now persuaded that the Beauforts were ignorant of his brother's fate) had set Mr. Barlow's activity in search of Sidney; and his painful anxiety to discover one so dear and so mysteriously lost was the only cause of uneasiness apparent in the brightening Future. While these researches, hitherto fruitless, were being made, it so happened, as London began now to refill, and gossip began now to revive, that a report got abroad, no one knew how (probably from ...
— Night and Morning, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... curiosity was as strong as ever. She was exceedingly eager to know what had been the cause of all these strange appearances. She guessed it must be some pitiful jealousy of Lady Katrine's—some poor spite against Helen. Anything that should really give Beauclerc uneasiness, she now sincerely believed to be out of the question. Nonsense—only Helen and Beauclerc's love of tormenting themselves—quite nonsense! And nonsense! three times ejaculated, quite settled the matter, and assured her in the belief that there could be nothing serious to be ...
— Helen • Maria Edgeworth


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