Definition for UN-EAS'Y

UN-EAS'Y, a. [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. Pope.
  4. Constraining; cramping; as, uneasy rules. Roscommon.
  5. Constrained; stiff; not graceful; not easy; as, an uneasy deportment. Locke.
  6. Giving some pain to others; disagreeable; unpleasing. A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him. Spectator.
  7. Difficult. Things – so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood. [Not in use.] Boyle.

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