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unease

[ uhn-eez ]

noun

  1. a state of discomfort or restlessness in the body or mind:

    Anxiety may break through and make itself felt in physical symptoms, such as jitters or unease.

    These initiatives seem to have emerged from the growing unease at the uneven pattern of economic recovery.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of unease1

First recorded in 1300–50; un- 1( def ) + ease ( def )

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Example Sentences

As the pilots prepared for takeoff, Breman sensed their unease.

Ferguson, Mo., had returned to a state of wary unease but early morning looting is likely to inflame things.

We look with unease on the shadow of wisdom, but refuse to examine it—and our anxiety over all-important tests deepens.

“I think both of our constituencies feel a little bit of unease about this strange-bedfellows situation,” says Kiernan.

As the breadth of the counterrevolution became clear, my unease turned to despair.

From the depths of his mind came a warning, a restless unease that took root and blossomed into turbulence.

Once gathered, a certain unease unaccountably fell over the party.

Until this moment, he had felt no unease, too keenly interested in the unfolding mystery of his companion.

When, however, the fact of his unease seemed forced upon her notice, she felt suddenly angered.

Everyone stood up, and he saw an awful look of doubt, of unease, cross the faces of the men and women about him.

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