Meanings
plural uneasinesses
- countableuncountableThe state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.
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.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 78 - countableuncountableAn anxious state of mind; anxiety.
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 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 229Synonyms: fear
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn anxious state of mind; anxiety.
More synonyms by meaning
nounfeelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
nounphysical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)
nounembarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian неловкост, неудобство
- неловкост (nelovkost)the state of being uneasy
- неудобство (neudobstvo)the state of being uneasy
- безпокойство (bezpokojstvo)an anxious state of mind
- тревога (trevoga)an anxious state of mind
Esperanto maltrankvilo, maltrankvileco
- maltrankvilothe state of being uneasy
- maltrankvilecothe state of being uneasy
- maltrankvilecoan anxious state of mind
German Unbehagen
- Unbehagenthe state of being uneasy
Indonesian kegelisahan
- kegelisahanthe state of being uneasy
Latin scrūpus
- scrūpusthe state of being uneasy
Māori mawera, mawera
- mawerathe state of being uneasy
- maweraan anxious state of mind
Polish niepokój, zaniepokojenie
- niepokójthe state of being uneasy
- zaniepokojeniethe state of being uneasy
- niepokójan anxious state of mind
- zaniepokojeniean anxious state of mind
Romanian stinghereală, neliniște
- stingherealăthe state of being uneasy
- neliniștethe state of being uneasy
- tulburarethe state of being uneasy
- anxietatean anxious state of mind
Scottish Gaelic mì-shocair, mì-shocair
- mì-shocairthe state of being uneasy
- mì-shocairan anxious state of mind
Spanish desazón
- desazónan anxious state of mind
Turkish huzursuzluk
- huzursuzlukthe state of being uneasy
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