UNEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unease mean? 

• UNEASE (noun)
  The noun UNEASE has 2 senses:

1. physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)

2. the trait of seeming ill at ease

  Familiarity information: UNEASE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

malaise; unease; uneasiness

Hypernyms ("unease" is a kind of...):

discomfort; uncomfortableness (the state of being tense and feeling pain)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The trait of seeming ill at ease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

disquiet; unease; uneasiness

Hypernyms ("unease" is a kind of...):

discomposure (a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure)

 Context examples 

Had you gone through the pain and unease that I have done to earn these things you would be at more care.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A feeling of nervous unease.

(Jittery, NCI Thesaurus)

I take them back then, and indeed it gives me unease not to feel my yew-stave tapping against my leg bone.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could never learn, for he was carried within the barrier, and as I had chanced to break the bone of my leg it was a great unease for me to ride or even to stand.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)