Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: uneasy
IPA transcription: [ən'izi]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: uneasy
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • He felt uneasy and restless.
  • Made me and my wife uneasy, that did.
  • He felt uneasy about the boy--almost superstitious.
  • "Don't be uneasy, Axel, we shall find more than we want."
  • Once, however, she called him, as it were, puzzled and uneasy.
  • "Are we then going to travel, my lord?" asked Mousqueton, rather uneasy.
  • He looked at me with an uneasy smile, evidently anxious and troubled over me.
  • Every time she made a noise some one groaned, and that made the child uneasy.
  • Behind the words, moreover, hid the unuttered thought that made her so uneasy.
  • She had neither seen nor heard anything of him, and was by this time very uneasy.