uneasy
adjEtymology From Middle English unesy, unaisie (“not comforting”), from un- + esy (“comfortable, at ease”). More at easy.
1
Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety.
- I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?
- Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 17, in Well Tackled!:
2
Not easy in manner; constrained
- He was behaving in an uneasy way.
3
Causing discomfort or constraint
- Derived terms
- uneasily, uneasiness, uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
- Related terms
- unease