Synonyms for uneasy
ʌnˈi ziun·easy

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1. uneasy

   Synonyms:
   restless, disturbed, unquiet, stiff, awkward

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1. uneasyadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   queasy, ill at ease(p), anxious, restless, unquiet, nervous, awkward

   Antonyms:
   easy, comfortable, untroubled, comfy

2. restless, uneasyadjective

   lacking or not affording physical or mental rest

   "a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep"

   Synonyms:
   unquiet, restless, nervous, ill at ease(p), unsatisfied, queasy, awkward, ungratified, anxious

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, easy, comfy, comfortable

3. anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquietadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   vile, flighty, offensive, sickish, aflutter, nauseating, loathsome, sick, anxious, sickening, spooky, restless, awkward, queasy, dying(p), unquiet, anxious(p), noisome, ill at ease(p), skittish, nervous, neural, nauseated, nauseous

   Antonyms:
   comfortable, easy, untroubled, comfy

4. awkward, ill at ease(p), uneasyadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   comfy, comfortable, untroubled, easy

5. uneasyadjective

   relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort

   Synonyms:
   queasy, ill at ease(p), anxious, restless, unquiet, nervous, awkward

   Antonyms:
   untroubled, easy, comfy, comfortable

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1. uneasyadjective

   Synonyms:
   restless, restive, unquiet, disturbed, impatient, ill at ease, sitting on thorns

2. uneasyadjective

   Synonyms:
   constrained, stiff, awkward, ungraceful, ungainly, not easy

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1. uneasyadjective

   Synonyms:
   restless, restive, anxious, perturbed, impatient

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1. List of paraphrases for "uneasy":

   uncomfortable, precarious, worried, comfortable, inconvenient, disturbing

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1. Tim Stubson:

   Her relationship with that portion of the party has been uneasy from the beginning, and they probably never totally embraced her because she has been the definition of an establishment Republican. But she was right on the policies.

2. Somchai Surachatri:

   That's why Buddhists have been uneasy and feel the need to protect their religion.

3. Morgan Freeman:

   Morgan Freeman, 80, issued an apology to anyone who felt uncomfortable or disrespectedfollowing an explosive report published Thursday containing the sexual harassment claims. Anyone who knows me or has worked with me knows I am not someone who would intentionally offend or knowingly make anyone feel uneasy. I apologize to anyone who felt uncomfortable or disrespected -- that was never my intent.

4. Claudio Borio:

   Calm has reigned over financial markets, but it has been an uneasy calm.

5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley:

   I saw—with shut eyes, but acute mental vision—I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion. Frightful must it be, for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavor to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.