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Webster 1913 Edition
Uneasiness
Un-eas′i-ness
,Noun.
1.
The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness; disquietude; anxiety.
2.
The quality of making uneasy; discomfort;
as, the
. uneasiness
of the road[Obs.]
Bp. Burnet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Uneasiness
UNE'ASINESS
, n.1.
A moderate degree of pain; restlessness; want of ease; disquiet.2.
Unquietness of mind; moderate anxiety or perturbation; disquietude.3.
That which makes uneasy or gives trouble; ruggedness; as the uneasiness of the road. [Unusual.]Definition 2024
uneasiness
uneasiness
English
Noun
uneasiness (countable and uncountable, plural uneasinesses)
- The state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
- Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
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- An anxious state of mind; anxiety.
- 1860, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
- Finding that the afternoon coach was gone, and finding that his uneasiness grew into positive alarm, as obstacles came in his way, he resolved to follow in a post-chaise.
- 1860, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
Synonyms
- (being nervous): unease
- (anxiety): see Wikisaurus:fear
Translations
the state of being uneasy
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an anxious state of mind
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