uneasiness
noun/ʌnˈiːzinəs/
Etymology From uneasy + -ness.
1
The state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.
- 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:
2
An anxious state of mind; anxiety.
- 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: