uneasy

Definitions

un- (not) + easy = 'not at ease.' Notice uneasy reaches back to the comfort side of the root, not the difficulty side: it doesn't mean 'hard,' it means lacking inner comfort — anxious, unsettled. By extension a situation can be uneasy: an uneasy truce is one that feels fragile and could break.

Common Collocations

• 1.feel uneasy感到不安
• 2.uneasy silence令人不安的沉默
• 3.uneasy feeling不安的感觉
• 4.uneasy truce脆弱的停火
• 5.uneasy about对…感到不安

Example Sentences

• 1.

  She felt uneasy about leaving the children alone.

• 2.

  There was an uneasy silence after his remark.

• 3.

  The two countries maintained an uneasy peace for years.

Easily Confused

uneasy vs nervous vs anxious — All describe worry, but uneasy is a low-level, hard-to-pin-down discomfort ('something feels off'); nervous is the jittery feeling before a specific event (nervous before the exam); anxious is stronger, sustained worry about what might happen. You feel uneasy about a situation you can't quite name.