Dictionary Definition
uneasy adj
1 lacking a sense of security or affording no
ease or reassurance; "farmers were uneasy until rain finally came";
"uneasy about his health"; "gave an uneasy laugh"; "uneasy lies the
head that wears the crown"; "an uneasy coalition government"; "an
uneasy calm"; "an uneasy silence fell on the group" [ant: easy]
2 causing or fraught with or showing anxiety;
"spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast
anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before
takeoff"; "an unquiet mind" [syn: anxious, nervous, unquiet]
3 marked by a lack of quiet; not conducive to
rest; "spent a restless night"; "fell into an uneasy sleep" [syn:
restless]
4 not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in
manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among
eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with
strangers" [syn: awkward, ill at
ease(p)]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Not easy; difficult.
- Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
- Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
- Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
Translations
Not easy; difficult
- Finnish: vaikea
- French: pas facile / difficile
Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the
like; disquieted; perturbed
- Finnish: levoton, rauhaton, ahdistunut
Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward;
not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment
- Finnish: vaivaantunut, kiusaantunut
Occasioning want of ease; constraining;
cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing
Extensive Definition
Easy may refer to:
A song:
- "Easy"
(Commodores song), a 1977 single
- "Easy" (Commodores song), Faith No More cover, a 1992 single
- "Easy" (Barenaked Ladies song), a 2006 single
- "Easy" (Sugababes song), a 2006 single
- "Easy" (Paula DeAnda song), a 2007 single from the album Paula DeAnda
An album:
- Easy (The Easybeats album), a 1965 album by The Easybeats
- Easy (Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell album), a 1969 album by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
- Easy (Ralph McTell album), a 1974 album by Ralph McTell
- Easy (Grinspoon album), a 1999 album by Australian rock band Grinspoon
- Easy, a 2000 album by Cowboy Mouth
- Easy (Kelly Willis album), a 2002 album by Kelly Willis
Other:
- Easy, a low difficulty level in video games.
- Easy, a 2003 film starring Marguerite Moreau
- A brand of the UK company easyGroup, including easyJet
See also:
uneasy in Spanish: Easy
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abashed, afflicted, agitated, all nerves,
all-overish, ambiguous, anguished, antsy, antsy-pantsy, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, beefing, bellyaching, beset, bitching, borderline, bored, bothered, breathless, careful, cast down, chafing, chagrined, chapfallen, cheerless, complaining, complaintful, concerned, confused, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, depressed, disappointed, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, discontented, disgruntled, disgusted, displeased, disquieted, dissatisfied, distressed, disturbed, doubtable, eager, edgy, embarrassed, envious, excitable, excited, faultfinding, fearful, feverish, fidgety, flurried, flustered, fluttery, foreboding, fretful, fretting, frightened, fussy, grim, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grumbling, hasty, high-strung, hopped-up,
hung up, ill at ease, impatient, impetuous, in a lather, in a
pucker, in a stew, in a sweat, irritable, jittery, joyless, jumpy, malcontent, malcontented, misgiving, mortified, murmuring, muttering, nauseated, nauseous, nerves on edge,
nervous, nervy, on edge, on tenterhooks,
out of countenance, out of humor, overanxious, overapprehensive,
overstrung, panicky, peevish, perturbed, petulant, pleasureless, precarious, prey to malaise,
put-out, put-upon, querulant, querulous, rebellious, repelled, resentful, restive, restless, revolted, ruffled, sad, shaken, shaken up, shaky, sickened, solicitous, squirming, squirmy, stirred up, strained, suffering angst,
sulky, suspect, suspenseful, tense, troubled, troublous, turbulent, unaccepting, unaccommodating,
uncertain, uncomfortable, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unpatient, unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestful, unsatisfied, unsettled, unsure, upset, uptight, whiny, worried, zealous