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uneasyness

uneasyness is the rare spelling of uneasiness.

Meaning of uneasiness

Noun

uneasiness (countable and uncountable, plural uneasinesses)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    disease, unease
  2. 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

Origin of uneasyness

From uneasy + -ness.

Questions about uneasyness

What is uneasyness the rare spelling of?
Uneasyness is the rare spelling of uneasiness.

Words near uneasyness in the dictionary

  1. uneasiness
  2. uneasinesses
  3. uneasing
  4. uneasy
  5. uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
  6. uneasyness
  7. uneat
  8. uneatable
  9. uneatableness
  10. uneatably
  11. uneaten

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