uneasy

US: /əˈnizi/
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|uneasiestadj.
+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