Main Entry:

¹un·easy

Pronunciation:

\-ˈē-zē\

Function:

adjective

Date:

14th century

1 : causing physical or mental discomfort <uneasy news of captures and killings — Marjory S. Douglas> 2 : not easy : difficult 3 : marked by lack of ease : awkward, embarrassed <gave an uneasy laugh> 4 : apprehensive, worried <uneasy about the weather> 5 : restless, unquiet <an uneasy night> 6 : precarious, unstable <an uneasy truce>

— un·eas·i·ness noun