uneasiness
Syllables: un·easi·ness/ʌnˈiːzinəs/
uneasiness noun: the state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.
Noun
uneasiness (countable and uncountable, plural uneasinesses)
- The 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
- An 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 229
- Synonyms:
- fear
uneasiness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
uneasiness in Hindi
- uneasiness, discomfort
- बेचैनी becainī
- uneasiness:
- सम्मोह sammoh
uneasiness in Tamil
- மன உலைவு
uneasiness in Urdu
- بےچینی, بےکلی, گھبراہٹ, اضطراب, پریشانی
uneasiness in Malayalam
- സുഖമില്ലായ്മ, അസ്വസ്ഥത, അസുഖം, അസാമാധാനം, ആധി
More languagesFewer languages
- uneasiness in Kannada
- ಕಸವಿಸಿ
- uneasiness in Punjabi
- ਉੱਸਲ਼ਵੱਟ ussaḷvaṭṭa, ਫ਼ਿਕਰ fikar
- uneasiness in Indonesian
- kegelisahan
Examples of uneasiness in a sentence
- Crabbe's uneasiness passed: it was pure breakfastlessness, he decided, hearing a comforting rumble from the pit.
- Adèle, more and more disquieted, finally spoke to Margaret of her uneasiness.
- Korda, preternaturally calm about everything, confronts his past with outward aplomb, but there’s an uneasiness growing in him.
Synonyms of uneasiness
Forms of uneasiness
| plural | uneasinesses |
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Origin of uneasiness
From uneasy + -ness.
Questions about uneasiness
- What does uneasiness mean?
- Uneasiness means the state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.
- What is uneasiness in Hindi?
- Uneasiness in Hindi is बेचैनी (becainī), सम्मोह (sammoh). See Uneasiness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is uneasiness?
- Uneasiness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce uneasiness?
- Uneasiness is pronounced /ʌnˈiːzinəs/.
- What is the plural of uneasiness?
- The plural of uneasiness is uneasinesses.
Words near uneasiness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: uneasiness (page history and authors); बेचैनी (Hindi) (page history and authors); uneasiness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); uneasiness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); uneasiness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); uneasiness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਉੱਸਲ਼ਵੱਟ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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