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unease

unease

19 4.4
A feeling of worry and not being relaxed
  • noun
  • /juˈniːz/
translation icon : inquietud
  • She felt a growing sense of unease as the meeting progressed and the atmosphere turned tense.
  • sense of unease
  • feeling of unease
  • profound unease

Is there a sense of unease when you wash your dishes?

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Examples

  • His unease about the upcoming presentation made it hard for him to concentrate on his work.

  • There was a general unease among the villagers after the unexpected storm warning was issued.

  • So I do just have an unease that I have never had before.

  • So again, you get this, this sense, this unease in society.

  • Then in public, I started to feel this unease again.

  • The air was full of the smell of unease; there was no saying who it came from.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • A kind of unease which they may hide from themselves.

  • Feelings of unease, of being watched.

  • So the unease was felt throughout the entire crew as we descended on that first night.

  • Is there a sense of unease when you wash your dishes?

Synonyms

concern
vsunease
1.5

A feeling of worry about people or things you care about

is more a personal feeling of discomfort without caring or responsibility
anxiety
vsunease
423 3.5

A worried, nervous feeling that makes you unable to relax

is more temporary and ordinary, not necessarily persistent or clinical
worry
vsunease
290 1.0

A feeling of being nervous about possible problems

is a general feeling without needing a particular problem or cause
discomfort
vsunease
119 3.2

A feeling of physical pain or mental unease

is mostly mental worry or lack of relaxation without clear bodily pain
nervousness
vsunease
36 2.7

A feeling of being worried or anxious

is more about a general lack of relaxation without clear physical symptoms
apprehension
vsunease
32 4.4

A feeling of fear or worry that something bad may happen

is broader and less about fearing a specific future harm
malaise
vsunease
21 8.1

A general feeling of being unwell, uncomfortable, or lacking energy, often without a clear reason

is more about mental worry or lack of ease than physical sickness
unpleasantness
vsunease
17 4.2

A feeling of discomfort or dislike

is the immediate personal feeling of not being relaxed rather than a general quality
uneasiness
vsunease
14 3.6

A worried, uncomfortable feeling when you cannot relax

is the same feeling but uses the shorter base word form
disquiet
vsunease
4 7.4

A feeling of worry or unease

is the everyday, general feeling rather than the formal description
anxiousness
vsunease
3 3.8

A feeling of worry and nervousness before an event or about the future

is the broader discomfort not always tied to future uncertainty
1 6.0

A feeling of being uneasy or awkward

is the general mental state of not feeling relaxed rather than awkwardness
disquietude
vsunease
1 9.7

A feeling of worry that makes you restless and uneasy

is broader, focusing on general discomfort rather than active restlessness
inquietude
vsunease
  • Literature
9.9

A feeling of worry and restlessness that makes you uneasy

is the common everyday term for the same feeling rather than literary
apprehensiveness
vsunease
7.4

A feeling of worry or fear about something that might happen

is a single feeling rather than an ongoing tendency to be fearful
unsettledness
vsunease
5.9

A feeling of worry that makes you unable to relax

is the simple feeling of discomfort rather than ongoing instability
unsettlement
vsunease
6.1

A feeling of being worried and not calm

is more about internal discomfort than external disturbance or instability

Antonyms

304 1.0

A state of comfort and freedom from worry

9 2.7

A state without strong feelings or worry in your mind

How Uneasy

panic
394 2.7
anxiety
423 3.5
unease
19 4.4
discomfort
119 3.2
calm
735 1.0

Surface Forms

unease singular
uneases plural

Morphology

unease = ease (transparent) = un + ease

A direct negation of the common word 'ease' by the productive prefix 'un-', so the meaning 'lack of ease / discomfort' is inferable by learners.

Etymology

Unease is made from un- 'not' and ease, which means 'comfort' or 'no worry'. So unease is the 'not comfortable' feeling, a mild worry or discomfort when something feels wrong.