Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UN-EAS'Y
UN-EAS'Y, a. [s as z.]
- Feeling some degree of pain; restless; disturbed; unquiet. The patient is uneasy.
- Giving some pain; as, an uneasy garment.
- 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.
- Constraining; cramping; as, uneasy rules. Roscommon.
- Constrained; stiff; not graceful; not easy; as, an uneasy deportment. Locke.
- Giving some pain to others; disagreeable; unpleasing. A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him. Spectator.
- Difficult. Things – so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood. [Not in use.] Boyle.
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