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Uneasy


UNE'ASY, adjective s as z.

1. Feeling some degree of pain; restless; disturbed; unquiet. The patient is uneasy

2. Giving some pain; as an uneasy garment.

3. Disturbed in mind; somewhat anxious; unquiet. He is uneasy respecting the success of his project.

The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, rests and expatiates in a life to come.

4. Constraining; cramping; as uneasy rules.

5. Constrained; stiff; not graceful; not easy; as an uneasy deportment.

6. Giving some pain to others; disagreeable; unpleasing.

A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him.

7. Difficult.

Things - so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood. [Not in use.]