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# uneasy

«uneasy» in Mova's school dictionary: **worried, nervous or uncomfortable, feeling that something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (uneasy, more uneasy or uneasier, uneasiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Uneasy means worried, nervous or uncomfortable, feeling that something is wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasy/#m1)

2) Uneasy also means not settled or likely to change («an uneasy peace»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety an uneasy feeling (the «uh-oh» feeling) can be a warning: if a person or place makes you uneasy, move away and tell a trusted adult. In stories it builds tension before something goes wrong. Similar: «anxious», «uncomfortable». Phrases: «feel uneasy», «an uneasy silence», «uneasy about».

### examples

- I felt uneasy when the stranger kept looking at me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasy/#x1)
- The dog seemed uneasy before the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasy/#x2)
- There was an uneasy silence after the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasy/#x3)
- If you feel uneasy, trust that feeling and tell an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasy/#x4)
- She was uneasy about leaving her little brother alone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasy/#x5)
- The deep, dark woods made him uneasy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasy/#x6)
- The two teams had an uneasy truce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasy/#x7)
- My tummy felt uneasy before the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasy/#x8)
- Along the way he felt very uneasy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasy/#x9)

### note

From «un-» + «easy». Adverb «uneasily», noun «unease» or «uneasiness». It is about feelings, not difficulty: «uneasy» does not mean «hard» (the opposite of «easy» for tasks is «difficult»).

### In the corpora

- [Alice starts to feel uneasy: what will happen to her when it's her turn to annoy the Queen?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2/3/)
- [Yawning, lip licking and turning the head away are calm-down signals that show a dog feels uneasy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/18/)
- [Some religious people, such as many Buddhists, feel very uneasy about ending any life; people of good heart can disagree.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «uneasy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uneasy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.