Uneasiness Meaning
/ʌnˈiːzinəs/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.
nounAn anxious state of mind; anxiety.
Sentence Examples
I've had a vague uneasiness.
He took a deep breath and tried to put his uneasiness to rest.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The nervous student's ____ grew quickly as the teacher called his name.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She felt a persistent sense of ____ throughout the whole afternoon, although she could not say exactly why today.
Word Origin & History
From uneasy + -ness.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The nervous student's ____ grew quickly as the teacher called his name.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She felt a persistent sense of ____ throughout the whole afternoon, although she could not say exactly why today.