1. Lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
   "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"; "farmers were uneasy until rain finally came"; "uneasy about his health"
    
2. Characterized by or causing worry, tension or apprehension
   "spent an uneasy night waiting for the test results";
   - anxious, nervous, queasy, unquiet
    
3. Relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
   "He had an uneasy feeling in his stomach before the important presentation"
    
4. Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
   "was always uneasy with strangers";
   - awkward, ill at ease
    
5. Lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
   "she fell into an uneasy sleep";
   - restless

Derived forms: uneasier, uneasiest

See also: antsy [N. Amer, informal], apprehensive, fidgety, fretful, itchy, keyed-up, on edge, precarious, restless, tense, troubled, twitchy [informal], uncomfortable, unquiet, unstable, worried

Antonym: easy

Encyclopedia: Uneasy