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uneasiness

Pronunciation:  `un'eezeenus

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  inability to rest or relax or be still
  2. [n]  the trait of seeming ill at ease
  3. [n]  embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
  4. [n]  feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
  5. [n]  physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)
 
 Synonyms: disquiet, disquietude, edginess, inquietude, malaise, restlessness, self-consciousness, uncomfortableness, unease, unease
 
 See Also: anxiety, discomfort, discomposure, embarrassment, jactation, jactitation, nervousness, uncomfortableness, willies

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Un*eas"i*ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness;
   disquietude; anxiety.

2. The quality of making uneasy; discomfort; as, the
   uneasiness of the road. [Obs.] -- Bp. Burnet.
 



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