uneasy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNE'ASY, adjective s as z. 1. Feeling some degree of pain; restless; disturbed; unquiet. The patient is uneasy 2. Giving some pain; as an uneasy garment. 3. Disturbed in mind; somewhat anxious; unquiet. He is uneasy respecting the success of his project. The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, rests and expatiates in a life to come. 4. Constraining; cramping; as uneasy rules. 5. Constrained; stiff; not graceful; not easy; as an uneasy deportment. 6. Giving some pain to others; disagreeable; unpleasing. A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him. 7. Difficult. Things - so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood. [Not in use.]
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