uneasy — OAT · Shobdo

uneasy

adjective

1 the doctor made him feel uneasy:

worried, anxious, ill at ease, troubled, disturbed, agitated, nervous, tense, overwrought, keyed up, on edge, edgy, apprehensive, restive, restless, fidgety, discomposed, discomfited, perturbed, alarmed, fearful, fraught, upset;

uncomfortable, self-conscious, embarrassed, unsettled;

British nervy;

informal jittery;

British, informal stressy.

▷antonyms calm, at ease.

2 he had an uneasy feeling that it was going to cause trouble:

worrying, disturbing, troubling, agitating, alarming, dismaying, perturbing, disquieting, concerning, unsettling, disconcerting, upsetting.

3 this victory ensured an uneasy peace for nearly three years:

tense, awkward, strained, constrained, forced, fraught, precarious, unstable, insecure.

▷antonyms stable.