: a feeling of worry or unhappiness
A feeling of unease came over her.
They noticed increasing signs of unease among the workers.
—often + aboutI couldn't shake a sense of unease about what he told me.
He had a feeling of unease about the future.
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“Unease.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/unease. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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