uneasy
US: /əˈnizi/
UK: /ʌnˈiːzi/
UK: /ʌnˈiːzi/
English Vietnamese dictionary
uneasy /ʌn'i:zi/
- tính từ
- không thoải mái, bực bội, bứt rứt, khó chịu
- lo lắng, băng khoăn
- phiền phức, rầy rà
- uneasy situation: tình hình phiền phức
- (y học) không yên
- an uneasy sleep: một giấc ngủ không yên
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) khó, khó khăn
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 ~ (about sth / about doing sth) feeling worried or unhappy about a particular situation, especially because you think that sth bad or unpleasant may happen or because you are not sure that what you are doing is right: an uneasy laugh / smile + He was beginning to feel distinctly uneasy about their visit. + His presence made her feel uneasy. + She felt uneasy about leaving the children with them. + She had an uneasy feeling that something terrible was going to happen.
Antonym: EASY
2 not certain to last; not safe or settled: an uneasy alliance / truce / peace / relationship + The two sides eventually reached an uneasy compromise.
3 that does not enable you to relax or feel comfortable: She woke from an uneasy sleep to find the house empty. + They passed an uneasy night waiting for news from the hospital.
4 used to describe a mixture of two things, feelings, etc. that do not go well together: an uneasy mix of humour and violence + Old farmhouses and new villas stood together in uneasy proximity.
uneasily adverb: I wondered uneasily what he was thinking. + She shifted uneasily in her chair. + His socialist views sit uneasily with his huge fortune.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, get, grow
We were starting to grow slightly uneasy.
| remain | make sb
ADV.
decidedly, deeply, distinctly, extremely, profoundly, very | increasingly | a bit, a little, rather, slightly, somewhat, vaguely | strangely
PREP.
about
I felt distinctly uneasy about lending her so much money.
Concise English dictionary
uneasier|uneasiest
+lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
+causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
+not affording rest
+not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner
+relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
